PBS NewsHour  Portrait of Photographer Who Captured Native American Lives

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Program: PBS NewsHour

Episode: Portrait of Photographer Who Captured Native American Lives

Backed by Theodore Roosevelt, Edward Curtis set out in 1900 to document the lives of Native Americans. Over the next 30 years, he took more than 40,000 pictures and 10,000 audio recordings. Jeffrey Brown talks to Pulitzer Prize winner Timothy Egan about his new biography about Curtis, "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher."

Duration: (7:24)
Premiere Date: 11/22/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: E


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