Native American Portraits

This book documents important Native Americans from the 1860s into the first quarter of the 20th century. The pictures are topical and realistic. They depict both the poverty and the greatness of Native Americans. For instance, Tim O'Sullivan depicts an 1867 scene. Famous Native Americans shown include: - "One Who Forbids His Home" (English translation) - "One Afraid of the Eagle" (English translation) - Chief Ano Ylosk - Great Wolf - and many others too numerous to list here The work would be an important cultural research document for a wide constituency of scholars in the American educational experience. This acquisition would be a perfect gift for the student in your house. It is well-researched and topical.

While this book would be of interest to anyone attracted to Native American life in the late 19th Century, it would be particularly invaluable to any artist who wishes to practice drawing or painting fascinating portraits. I like that it shows so many men with hodge-podge combinations of traditional Indian clothing mixed with Cavalry uniforms and "modern" 19th Century Western clothes. Another aspect of this book I really like is that it shows so many women, maidens and children. One classic photo is of the frowning "squaw" with a sparkle-eyed, smiling baby behind her shoulder! In short, anyone aspiring to be a (or already a professional) Western artist of Native Americans should have this book as a reference.

I loved Native American Portraits. Hathaway captured beautifully the turbulence and tragedy of the time and the photographs are truly distinctive.

I found this book wandering through B-Daltons about a year ago. It is by far a work of a master. The pictures featured in this book are ones that I have not been able to find anywhere else. Nancy Hathaway has put together a great tribute book. I love the pictures within the pages of this book, it's a great gift for yourself or a friend interested in Anthropology, Native American Studies, or just for the coffee table. I LOVE THIS BOOK. I look at it everyday and truly have some favorite pictures!