{"product_id":"peoples-of-the-plateau-2-the-indian-photographs-of-lee-moorhouse-1898-1915-9780806137421","title":"Peoples of the Plateau, 2: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable photographs in \u003ci\u003ePeoples of the Plateau\u003c\/i\u003e capture the lives of Pacific Northwest Indians at the turn of the twentieth century--and at a turning point in their own history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Columbia River Plateau, in the interior Pacific Northwest, was populated for centuries by the Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse Indians. By the late nineteenth century, after the U.S. government had confined these peoples to a single reservation, their lives began to change irrevocably. Major Lee Moorhouse, a businessman and former militia officer, served as an Indian agent during this period. Believing that the Indians he encountered were a \"dying race,\" Moorhouse was driven to collect their artifacts and, for posterity, take their photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he was not a professional photographer, Moorhouse produced more than 9,000 glass-plate negatives, one-third with Indians as his subjects. Although his works to some degree reflect a stereotypical view, they are an invaluable aid for tribal researchers and historians because they identify their subjects by name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book marks the first major examination of Moorhouse and his work. Featuring eighty exquisite plates, it not only showcases Moorhouse's extensive photographs but also tells the story of the man--about whom little is known--and of the world in which he lived and worked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFleming, Paula Richardson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaula Richardson Fleming\u003c\/strong\u003e, retired photo archivist at the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution, is the author of numerous books on Native American photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrafe, Steven L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven L. Grafe, \u003c\/b\u003e Curator of Art at the Maryhill Museum of Art, is author of \u003ci\u003eLanterns on the Prairie: The Blackfeet Photographs of WalterMcClintock \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePeoples of the Plateau: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50917858705682,"sku":"9780806137421","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce388722-6666-4f33-8eef-e182d805b211.jpg?v=1738871679","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/peoples-of-the-plateau-2-the-indian-photographs-of-lee-moorhouse-1898-1915-9780806137421","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}