Newberry Library - Richard McPherson and Ben Bearskin chat between songs during the McNickle Center's founding event in 1971

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Title Richard McPherson and Ben Bearskin chat between songs during the McNickle Center's founding event in 1971

Creator Weil, Peter F.

Date 1971

Subjects Indians of North America

Description No. 11. Part of the Joe Kazumura photographs. Joe Kazumura was born in Modesto, California in 1937 and was in a Japanese internment camp during World War II. He came to Chicago in 1946 and after receiving a camera for his birthday in 1959, he became interested in photography. He lived near the Indian Center in Chicago, frequently attending events held there, and became particularly interested in photographing Plains Indians costumes. While in the service in Korea, Kazumura learned darkroom skills. He was the secretary, past-president and a judge of the Northwest Camera Club, and belonged to the White Bear Society. A long-time friend of the Chicago American Indian Center, he took photographs of American Indian Center activities for over fifteen years.

Summary This photograph is part of the Seeing Indian in Chicago exhibition. Eighty-three mounted photographs accompanied by exhibition labels documenting the social life and customs of the Chicago American Indian community during the late 1950's to mid-1980's. The images depict the group life and activities of the American Indian Center, such as camera club outings, pow wows, and the basketball team. There are also portraits of the photographers and shots of family members of the American Indian photographers (Battise, Bearskin, and Wesaw).

Biographical/Historical Note Photographic exhibition held July 22-Sept. 21, 1985, at the Newberry Library's Hermon Dunlap Smith Gallery, as part of the Chicago American Indian photography project, which aimed to document the American Indian Community in Chicago by creating an archive of photographs taken by interested community members. Exhibition photographers included Dan Battise, Ben Bearskin, Orlando Cabanban, Joe Kazumura, F. Peter Weil, and Leroy Wesaw.

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Archival Collection Title Seeing Indian in Chicago Exhibition Records

Link to Catalog View finding aid | View catalog record

Call Number Ayer Modern MS Seeing Indian Series 5 Box 3 Folder 66

Projects Tag Chicago and the Midwest

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 4242px × 2796px 33.98 MB

File Created 11/12/2015

Filename 991714868805867_ayer_mms_seeing_indian_ser_4_bx_3_fl_065.tif

Unique Identifier NL11NVS9

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