“Smith has crafted a solid social history that helps us think beyond Edward S. Curtis’s nostalgic salvaging process. . . .  This book usefully follows [Smith’s] methodology, continually engaging and explaining Poolaw’s doubled life, providing a sense of contemporary social pressure as well as long-standing tribal values.”-Katherine Hauser, <i>Great Plains Quarterly</i><br />  <br />   "Horace Poolaw's photography provides an important historical look at Kiowa life in the early twentieth century because he captured daily life as it happened. <i>Horace Poolaw: Photographer of American Indian Modernity</i> benefits from the ample inclusion of Poolaw photographs throughout."-Jared Eberle, <i>Chronicles of Oklahoma</i> “Horace Poolaw was a . . . talented photographer whose work has gone largely unnoticed by mainstream art and photographic historians. Laura Smith does an excellent job of placing Poolaw’s work within a historical and cultural context and makes a convincing argument that these photographs reflect a conscious effort by Poolaw to understand and communicate a shifting Native American identity.”-Todd Stewart, associate professor of art, technology, and culture at the University of Oklahoma<br />   “Poolaw’s photographs, and Smith’s narration of where they fit in the Kiowa story, impart a welcome perspective on Kiowa history and culture. Smith powerfully illustrates how, when viewed through the eyes of Poolaw, Kiowa people-like other Americans-are actively negotiating present and future identities in a rapidly globalizing world.”-Luke Eric Lassiter, author of <i>The Power of Kiowa Song</i><br />   "<i>Horace Poolaw: Photographer of American Indian Identity </i>is a fascinating profile of the life and times of a photographer whose work has been largely overlooked by mainstream art and photographic historians."-Marilyn Gates, <i>New York Journal of Books</i>