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Early Indian painters save frontier history from oblivion
Exhibitions of native art across the country revive interest in the North American Indians and honor pioneers like George Catlin who began recording their life a century ago. The article traces Catlin and contemporaries John Mix Stanley Carl Bodmer and others whose paintings and collections document tribes from the Mississippi West to New Mexico and Oregon, many lost or damaged in fires at the Smithsonian, yet their historical value endures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
United States
George Catlin
Catlin
Mississippi West
Wyoming
Philadelphia
Far West
Washington
Smithsonian
John Mix Stanley
Stanley
Prairies
New Mexico
California
Oregon
Canadaigua
N. C
Detroit
Naples
N. Y
Chicago
Galena
Illnaels
Fort Snelling
Minn
East
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Cincinnati
Louisville
West
Keokuk
Black Hawk
Santa’ Fe
Kearney
Santa Fe
San Diego
Government Museum
Royal Palace
Honolulu
St. Paul
Puget Sound
Smithsonian Institution
Congress
Carl
Bodmer
Prince Maximilian of
Lken Catlin
Plains
Missouri
New York City
William de la Montagne Cary
Missouri River
St. Louis
Seth Eastman
United States Military Academy
West Point
Carl ‘Wimar