For fifty years, Horace Poolaw, Kiowa, chronicled the daily lives of friends, family and neighbors in southwestern Oklahoma. A retrospective of his work, "For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw," is currently on display at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., through June 4, 2017.
The Photography of Horace Poolaw (1906–1984)
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The deacons of Rainy Mountain Baptist Church. Left to right: Adolphus Goombi (Kiowa), Lester Momaday (Kiowa), Robert Goombi (Kiowa), Porter Drywater (Cherokee). Rainy Mountain Church, Mountain View, Oklahoma, ca. 1930. 57PN12. © 2014 Estate of Horace Pool
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Funeral of Agnes (Mrs. Abel) Big Bow (Kiowa). Hog Creek, Oklahoma, 1947. 45UFN9.© 2014 Estate of Horace Poolaw. Reprinted with permission.
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Powwow at Lone Bear’s dance ground. Carnegie, Oklahoma, ca. 1945. 45POW55. © 2014 Estate of Horace Poolaw. Reprinted with permission.
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Gus Palmer (Kiowa, at left), side gunner, and Horace Poolaw (Kiowa), aerial photographer, in front of a B-17 Flying Fortress. MacDill Field, Tampa, Florida, ca. 1944. 45UFL14. © 2014 Estate of Horace Poolaw. Reprinted with permission.