The Earth Only Endures: American Indian Portraits and Wisdom

By the late 1800s, American Indians, for the most part, had come under complete control of the United States government, which attempted to assimilate them by sending children to boarding schools, and forbidding them from speaking their native language or wear traditional clothing or hairstyles. It was in this environment that many individuals felt a need to preserve the history and culture of the various tribes. At first, periodicals and books were published by anthropologists, ethnologist...