North American Indians
North American Indians

Author: George Catlin

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-02-24

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13: 9780142437506

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From 1831 to 1837, George Catlin traveled extensively among the native peoples of North America—from the Muskogee and Miccosukee Creeks of the Southeast to the Lakota, Mandan, and Pawnee of the West, and from the Winnebagos and Menominees of the North to the Comanches of eastern Texas. Studying their habits, customs, and modes of life, he made copious notes and numerous sketches of ceremonies, buffalo hunts, symbols, and totems. Catlin’s unprecedented fieldwork culminated in more than five hundred oil paintings and his now-legendary journals, which, as Peter Matthiessen writes in his introduction, “taken together... constitute the first, last, and only ‘complete’ record of the Plains Indians ever made at the height of their splendid culture, so soon destroyed by traders’ liquor and disease, rapine and bayonets.” A one-volume edition of Catlin's journals Illustrated with more than fifty reproductions of Catlin's incomparable paintings

Illustrations Of The Manners, Customs & Condition Of The North American Indians
Illustrations Of The Manners, Customs & Condition Of The North American Indians

Author: George Catlin

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020965333

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In this extraordinary work, George Catlin offers readers a firsthand glimpse into the rich and diverse cultures of the North American Indian peoples. Drawing on his extensive travels and unprecedented access to tribal communities, Catlin provides detailed and vivid descriptions of everything from daily life and customs to religious practices and political structures. These illustrations are a valuable resource for anthropologists, historians, and anyone interested in the indigenous cultures of North America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.