Around the turn of the twentieth century, most photographs of Indians pandered to shameless, insensitive stereotypes. In contrast, photographic portraits made by Frank A. Rinehart conveyed the dignity and pride of Native peoples. More than 545 Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country attended the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in Omaha in 1898 to be part of an event known as the Indian Congress. Rinehart, the expositionas official photographer, and his assistant Adolph Muhr made more than 500 glass-plate negatives depicting Native Americans in their traditional dress, now housed at Haskell Indian Nations University and regarded as one of the best photographic documentations of Indian leaders from this era. This book provides an unusual perspective on the Rinehart collection. It features one hundred outstanding images printed from the original negatives made by Rinehart and Muhr at the Congress and over the course of the next two years. It also includes 14 essays by modern Native American writers, artists, and educators--some of them descendants of the individuals photographed--reflecting on the place of these images in their heritage. Beyond the Reach of Time and Change is not another coffee-table book of historical Indian photographs but rather a conversation between Indian people of a century ago and today. Just as the Rinehart collection offers today's Native Americans a unique connection to the past, this book offers all readers a positive understanding of continuity and endurance within the American Indian community. Introduction ix Bobbi Rahder History Is Right Now 3(13) Simon J. Ortiz Beyond Loss and Pain 16(11) Julie Cajune Confronting Indian Imagery in Contemporary America: A Personal Account 27(12) Ned Blackhawk Facing Ancestry 39(13) Beverly R. Singer Legacy of Resistance 52(12) James Riding In New Definitions 64(10) Bob Haozous Photographs from Hell 74(14) Ted Jojola Remembering Pedro Cajete 88(11) Gregory A. Cajete Returning 99(10) Debra Earling The Folks Left Out 109(15) Geary Hobson Unless You Were There 124(12) Carole Nez The Primitive White Mind 136(12) Alfred Young Man To See as Far as the Grandfather World 148(12) Ray A. Young Bear See Real Indians 160(5) Laura Tohe About the Contributors 165(4) Illustration Credits 169(2) Index of Illustrations 171