This book insightfully maps the history of Native North American photography, from Horace Poolaw's groundbreaking work of the 1930s to Larry McNeil and Greg Staats' contemporary views. Other photographers include Hulleah Tsinh-nahjinnie and George Longfish. Essays by prominent Native American writers--including Leslie Marmon Silko, Theresa Harlan, and Paul Chaat Smith--explore the differences between traditional and modernized ways of life and how photography reflects this.