Through a Native lens: American Indian photography

Abstract

"A critical overview of how Native Americans appropriated photography and integrated it into their ways of life, both as patrons who commissioned portraits and as photographers who created collections, between 1840-1940 throughout the United States and Canada"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Native participants in photography -- Relationships with photographers -- Native practitioners -- Professional Native photographers -- Semiprofessional Native photographers -- Amateur Native photographers -- Conclusion : Indigenous photographic developments.