Kaw-U-Tz, 1906
The Caddo Nation was a tribe of farmers in an unkind part of the land, spreading throughout East Texas, Louisiana and parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma. We passed through the pine trees and the wet marshlands where corn, beans and squash were grown. The Caddo lived in grass huts more often than not, which were formed into large cone-like structures.
Kaw U Tz, 1906
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Bear’s Belly, 1909
In 1909, Edward Curtis, a photographer and ethnologist who concentrated on the American West, photographed this brave warrior during a number of sessions by J.P. Morgan funded $75,000 in music. Curtis ‘ intention was not only to capture indigenous people but to record as much as possible their daily lives before their way of life vanished.
Bear’s Belly, 1909
