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Joseph--Nez Percé – Antique Print

Joseph--Nez Percé, c1903 November 28. — historic photograph
Joseph--Nez Percé, c1903 November 28.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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Few sitters in Edward S. Curtis's work carry as much weight as Joseph, the Nez Perce leader, shown here in a feathered war bonnet and beaded necklaces. Joseph led his people during the 1877 flight from U.S. Army pursuit, and his surrender speech, with its line "I will fight no more forever," became one of the best-known statements in American Indian history. Curtis made the portrait around 1903, when Joseph was living on the Colville Reservation in Washington. It later appeared in volume 8 of *The North American Indian*, Curtis's multivolume survey of Native peoples.

Created / publishedc1903 November 28.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH08684 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 478. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 8, p. 24.
SubjectsJoseph, Nez Percé Chief,--1840--1904. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Nez Percé Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Feathers--1900-1910. Necklaces--1900-1910. War bonnets--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,092 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108849

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