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Edward S. Curtis, the Kwakwaka'wakw, and the Making of Modern Cinema
Photographer Edward Curtis’s 1914 orchestrally scored melodrama In the Land of the Head Hunters was one of the first US films to feature an Indigenous cast. This landmark of early silent cinema was an intercultural...
ISBN: 9780295746951
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The Totem Pole
An Intercultural History
The Northwest Coast totem pole captivates the imagination. From the first descriptions of these tall carved monuments, totem poles have become central icons of the Northwest Coast region and symbols of its Native inhabitants. Although...
ISBN: 9780295989624
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