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Picturing Indian Territory
Throughout the nineteenth century, the land known as “Indian Territory” was populated by diverse cultures, troubled by shifting political boundaries, and transformed by historical events that were colorful, dramatic, and often tragic. Beyond its borders, most Americans visualized the area through the pictures produced by non-Native travelers, artists, and reportersall with differing degrees of accuracy, vision, and skill. The images in Picturing Indian Territory, and the eponymous exhibit it accompanies, conjure a wildly varied vision of Indian Territorys past.Spanning nearly nine decades, these artworks range from the scientific illustrations found in English naturalist Thomas Nuttalls journal to the paintings of Frederic Remington, Henry Farny, and Charles Schreyvogel. The volumes three essays situate these works within the historical narratives of westward expansion, the creation...
