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At the turn of the 20th century,
Edward S. Curtis began a decades-long
mission to photograph Native peoples...

People he mistakenly thought were
on the edge of extinction.

But today, we know his work leads not to a lost past—it drives us to a thriving present.

But today, we know his work leads not to a lost past—it drives us to a thriving present.

WHAT DOES
IT MEAN
TO BE NATIVE,
BEYOND
THE FRAME?