Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.384
- Creators:
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- Dates:
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circa 1984-1996
- Languages:
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- Physical Description:
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- Repository:
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Photographs in this collection were shot mostly by Native photographers for the 1998 book,
Spirit Capture: Photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian
.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Photographs in this collection were shot mostly by Native photographers for the 1998 book,
Spirit Capture: Photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian
. Photographers include Larry McNeil [Tlingit/Nisga'a (Niska)], Larry Gus [Hopi Pueblo/Diné (Navajo)], Dorothy Grandbois (Turtle Mountain Chippewa), Katherine Fogden (Mohawk), and Janine Sarna Jones.
The photographs depict a variety of contemporary scenes in various Native communities.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Photographs arranged in folders by photographer.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Spirit Capture: Photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian
was published in 1998 by NMAI and Smithsonian Institution Press. A corresponding exhibition of the same name ran from July 2001-2002 in New York City.
Spirit Capture
brings together more than 200 images from the museum's collections with essays from Native and non-Native historians, anthropologists, and curators. Several Native photographers were commissioned to produce images for this publication and exhibition.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photographs from Larry McNeil, Larry Gus, and Dorothy Grandbois were purchased by NMAI in 1996 for the
Spirit Capture
project. Photographs by Katherine Fogden and Janine Sarna Jones were created as part of their work as employed photographers at NMAI.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Emily Moazami, Supervisory Archivist, 2023.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's
Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's
Digital Image request website.
Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Spirit Capture photograph collection, image #, NMAI.AC.384; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Related Materials
Other photographs that were shot by NMAI photographers Katherine Fogden and Janine Sarna Jones for the
Spirit Capture
project are included in collection NMAI.AC.996, binders 135 and 136.
Keywords
National Museum of the American Indian
4220 Silver Hill Rd
Suitland, Maryland 20746-2863
nmaiarchives@si.edu
