Jiminy, a wonderful entry! I loved introducing this novel to my students in the city, always, and when I arrived in this Enchanted land, I continued. Cooper speaks a truth unknown to so many. Thank you....
Hiram Powers' marble sculpture, The Last of the Tribes, usually on view In the American galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, always reminds me of Cooper's novel. And the photographs of Edward Sheriff Curtis, (especially The Vanishing Race – Navaho, when it is on view), are also very poignant. His biography, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan is a powerful read.
On a positive note, Wendy Red Star, a contemporary native America artist of the Crow Nation joins other artists, such as Marie Watt, in bringing their traditional cultures to the fore.
“Native people are represented as eradicated, like in Edward Curtis’s The Vanishing Race (1904) project. It’s worked pretty well. I think people are surprised when they find a Native person because in the consciousness of America it’s like we don’t exist.”
So this movie is one of my favorites - the music, the acting, the scenery, and yes, the tragedy of the disappearance of the first Americans. The quotes you included are a concise summation of the intersection between Native Americans and settlers.
I will read the book. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
Jiminy, a wonderful entry! I loved introducing this novel to my students in the city, always, and when I arrived in this Enchanted land, I continued. Cooper speaks a truth unknown to so many. Thank you....
Hiram Powers' marble sculpture, The Last of the Tribes, usually on view In the American galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, always reminds me of Cooper's novel. And the photographs of Edward Sheriff Curtis, (especially The Vanishing Race – Navaho, when it is on view), are also very poignant. His biography, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan is a powerful read.
On a positive note, Wendy Red Star, a contemporary native America artist of the Crow Nation joins other artists, such as Marie Watt, in bringing their traditional cultures to the fore.
“Native people are represented as eradicated, like in Edward Curtis’s The Vanishing Race (1904) project. It’s worked pretty well. I think people are surprised when they find a Native person because in the consciousness of America it’s like we don’t exist.”
- Wendy Red Star
So this movie is one of my favorites - the music, the acting, the scenery, and yes, the tragedy of the disappearance of the first Americans. The quotes you included are a concise summation of the intersection between Native Americans and settlers.
I will read the book. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
I love the music! Wrote about the main theme last year:
https://raineyknudson.substack.com/p/5-trevor-jones-promontory