In 1907, photographer Edward S. Curtis arrived at the Wind River Reservation, hoping to document the Arapaho way of life before it vanished altogether. To preserve the legacy of warriors in battle, Curtis staged an attack on a village, planning to capture it on film. But it became all too real when the daughter of the tribe's chief was found murdered, and her killer was never identified. Now, Curtis's photographs are on display at the museum of St....

A companion to Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition offers a expansive overview of the famed expedition, examining the lands traversed, the people they met along the way, and the Native American people and their culture, in a volume that includes more than four hundred photographs and illustrations.

From 1896 to 1930, Curtis traveled throughout the Native American territories of U.S., making a vivid record of the various tribes' ways of life. This is a selection of the primary photographs and texts from Curtis's twenty-volume work, compiled by Brown.