In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now Shoshone Because of Miss Densmore's deep

Because of Miss Densmore's deep knowledge and clear presentation

a debilitating sensitivity to others' emotions

This unsettling history reveals why some modern Native people hold a Day of Mourning on Thanksgiving

It contains sentences of such poetry and power that you will be compelled to set the book down and walk away to recover from the tremors

a young boy's grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead

In Our Hands: Native Photography, 1890 to Now Shoshone Because of Miss Densmore's deepA groundbreaking exhibition catalogue of Native, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit photography from the nineteenth century to the present day. Photographs of and by Native people have long been exhibited in museums. All too often, however, such exhibitions have misrepresented vital cultural and historical contexts, neglecting the depth of practice, supporting scholarship, and Native perspectives relevant to the work. By developing a broadly