Hupa man, 1923
This Hupa man who looks into a stream, waiting for a meal for his family or perhaps even his tribe, has been captured by Edward Curtis, a photographer famous for his work on people from the Americas. This shot was taken in 1923 on “Sugar Bowl,” an area of California’s Northwest Nevada County. The Hupa were an amalgam of native people in the Pacific Northwest and California who lived on riverbanks of semi-subterranean buildings more often than not when they slept and sweated.
Hupa Man, 1923
Navajo silversmith ”Slim” Bae-ie-schluch-aichin, 1890
Ben Wittick, the photographer who took the only known, surviving picture of Billy the Boy, took the photo of that skinny Navajo silversmith. Not all Wittick ‘s photographs were world-famous outlaws, many of the pictures he took told southwestern American histories, gave an insight into native life and people who were seeking their fortunes in the west.
Navajo Silversmith ”Slim” Bae Ie Schluch Aichin, 1890
