In my somewhat-sporadic Sepia Saturday posts, I’ve sometimes featured images of Native Americans by Edward S. Curtis, taken a century ago. Edward S. Curtis Photograph of Si Wa Wata Wa, Zuni tribe - from the Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress He was funded by J.P. Morgan, a wealthy industrialist, to photograph indigenous peoples before their way of life was lost forever. Photograph of Buffalo Dancers - from the Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Now, a young photographer named Matika Wilbur, a member of the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes Hand-tinted Matika Wilbur image from her website of coastal Washington, is setting off on a 3-year venture to create images of tribal peoples from each of the 564 federally-enrolled tribes. Her work is superb and explores the poignant topic of what it means to be “Indian.” Unlike Curtis, she doesn't have a wealthy industrialist bankrolling her. She's cobb...