Monthly Archives: August 2024

POSTCARDS REDUX

Posted on August 20, 2024 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Remembering What We Forgot The photo from the February 1939 issue of National Geographic was repurposed as a postcard: a rare example of Native history that features fishers at Celilo Falls. Credit: Three Lions, Inc. (A US photo agency), copyright … Continue reading →

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POSTCARDS AS COMMUNIQUES When Indigenous History Gets Overlooked, Ignored

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

[The Wasco and Wishram lived along what is now called Hood River in Oregon, and lost their territory to settlers in the 1800s. Edward S. Curtis captured an image of a Wishram girl in 1909. Photo from the Library of … Continue reading →

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