I collect Native American postcards and have approximately 4000 featuring Indigenous peoples & cultures of the Americas, north to south. A portion of my research examines representation of Native culture in the media and I am interested in the educational use of postcards as Cultural & Public History/Anthropology. I have published on the history of Southern Plains Native cards; for a list of postcard reference books, see the bottom of this page.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Selk' nam
another great card from Hernan showing indigenous peoples from the southern regions of South America; these photos were probably made around 1900 just prior to their rapid decline from European disease. They may have lived in small family groups, hunting & gathering subsistence and living a fairly non-complex lifestyle.
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