Lincoln (Neb.) - Oct. 26, 1998 - An exhibition of 45 photographs, "Edward S. Curtis's Photographs of Plains Indians," will be on view at the Great Plains Art Collection at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nov. 3 through Dec. 12.
The images were selected from a complete set of Curtis' monumental work held by the university's libraries titled "The North American Indian: A Series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska, 1907- 1930." The collection is at 215 Love Library, 13th and R streets and is open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and 1:30 to 5 p.m. Sundays. There is no admission charge.
A symposium, "Edward Sheriff Curtis: Photographs of the Plains Indian Peoples," will be from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 14. Professor Martha Sandweiss of Amherst College will speak on Curtis's achievement in the context of the history of the plains American Indians. Duane Niatum, a published poet and art historian, will look at the photographs as aesthetic creations rather than as anthropological texts. Professor Mick Gidley of the University of Leeds will discuss the changing perspectives on American Indians which Curtis held over the many years of the project.
The symposium is free and open to public, but reservations are recommended. Registration forms are available on the World Wide Web at (http://www.unl.edu/plains/curtis.html), by e-mail at (cgps@unlinfo.unl.edu) or by telephone at (402) 472-3082.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the UNL
Libraries, the Center for Great Plains Studies and the Nebraska
State Historical Society. Additional support comes from James
Stuart Jr. of Lincoln, the UNL Research Council, the Abel ,
Kimmel, Cooper, and University of Nebraska foundations, the
Nebraska Humanities Council and the Institute of Ethnic Studies.
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