Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: A Blackfoot Travios, plate #637
Date: n.d.
Accession #: 2009.11.637
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Acquired by: Dubuque Cultural Preservation Committee, an Iowa general partnership, consisting of Dr. Darryl K. Mozena, Jeffrey P. Mozena, Mark Falb, Timothy J. Conlon, and Dr. Randy Lengeling
Interesting fact about the Photographer: Although he was restricted from photographing the event, Curtis and his companion, George Bird Grinnell, witnessed the last Sun Dance ritual ever preformed. In 1900, The Religious Crimes Code was put into action by the Christian Missionaries, who believed that Native American rituals were pagan and uncivilized. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)