“From Indian Village to Vice Presidency”
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Vice President Curtis Greets Native Americans
- Photographer
- Harris & Ewing
- Date of Work
- 1928
- Type
- Photograph
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Vice President Curtis Greets Native Americans
This photograph shows Vice President Charles Curtis greeting a group of people in 1928. The group includes several American Indians dressed in traditional attire. Born in Kansas to a white father and Native American mother, and raised by his maternal grandparents, Curtis was the first person of Native American descent as well as the first person of color to serve as vice president. He served as vice president for President Herbert Hoover.