“No, not even for a picture”: Re-examining the Native Midwest and Tribes’ Relations to the History of Photography
Resources
Contents
Land and Sovereignty: Ownership, Use, and Legalities
Struck in a Pose: Photographic Techniques and Romanticization
Myth Making: A Case Study on the "Hiawatha" Pageants
Complex Nationalism: A Case Study on the Minnesota Dakota War of 1862
Views of Assimilation: A Case Study on Photography in Indian Boarding Schools
“No, not even for a picture”: Re-examining the Native Midwest and Tribes’ Relations to the History of Photography
This online resource and exhibit was created by two University of Michigan students, working remotely during the spring and summer of 2020. All materials represented in this exhibit are from the Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography at the Clements Library unless otherwise noted.
Interpretive and creative leads: Lindsey Willow Smith [Undergraduate Student, History and Museum Studies]; Veronica Cook Williamson [PhD Candidate, Germanic Languages and Literatures and Museum Studies]. More information on Lindsey and Veronica can be found on our “About the Creative Project” page.
Project coordinator: Clayton Lewis, Curator of Graphics Material, Clements Library
This project was possible by the generosity of the Frederick S. Upton Foundation
Project consultants:
Eric Hemenway, Director of Repatriation, Archives and Records, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Jakob Dopp, Graphics Division Cataloger, Clements Library
Louis Miller, Reference Specialist, Clements Library
Richard Pohrt Jr., collector
Dr. Arland Thornton, Professor of Sociology, Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Linda Young-DeMarco, Research Area Specialist Lead, SRC-Family Demography, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
Dr. Paul Erickson, Randolph G. Adams Director of the Clements Library