Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line
Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2010
- Category
- Native American, Artists, Architects, Photographers, Portraits
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894974868
- Publish Date
- May 2010
- List Price
- $19.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781926613772
- Publish Date
- Jun 2010
- List Price
- $19.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781927051887
- Publish Date
- Feb 2011
- List Price
- $9.99
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- Grade: 11
Description
About the author
Rodger D. Touchie was first attracted to writing when his MBA thesis was published in three parts by Canadian Business magazine. Rodger continued writing, including books on BC history and travel, before becoming the owner/publisher of Heritage House in 1995. He and his wife, Pat, divide their time between Nanoose Bay and Victoria, BC.
Editorial Reviews
“Rodger D. Touchie’s Edward S. Curtis: Above the Medicine Line is a handsome volume that treats readers to some of Curtis’s stunning black-and-white photography. As Touchie tells of Curtis’s life and travels, the photographs offer compelling glimpses of landscapes and peoples that a century later seem both strangely present and remarkably foreign. You will want to linger over many of these extraordinary images.” —Phil Koch, Canada’s History
"This book provides excellent information on ethnographers' bias and the tension created preserving the cultures and creating an image of the noble savage." —Canada’s History
Librarian Reviews
Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line: Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West
Edward S. Curtis was a well known photographer who became an ethnographer of many Aboriginal nations in western Canada and the United States. This is the story of his life and how documented information about nations such as the Coast Salish, Siksika and the Kwakwaka’wakw between 1900 and 1930. This book provides excellent information about ethnographers’ bias and the tension created between preserving the cultures and creating an image of the “noble savage”. Information about specific nations describes battles, daily routines and ceremonies. The author succeeds in identifying historical bias.Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. Canadian Aboriginal Books for Schools. 2010-2011.
Edward S. Curtis Above the Medicine Line: Portraits of Aboriginal Life in the Canadian West
Edward S. Curtis was a well known photographer who became an ethnographer of many Aboriginal nations in western Canada and the United States. This is the story of his life and how documented information about nations such as the Coast Salish, Siksika and the Kwakwaka’wakw between 1900 and 1930. This book provides excellent information about ethnographers’ bias and the tension created between preserving the cultures and creating an image of the “noble savage”. Information about specific nations describes battles, daily routines and ceremonies. The author succeeds in identifying historical bias.Source: The Association of Book Publishers of BC. BC Books for BC Schools. 2010-2011.