印第安人(Indians)是除因纽特人之外的所有美洲原住民的总称。16世纪之后,欧洲殖民者的入侵给印第安民族带来了毁灭式的打击,不仅人口数量急剧下降,而且民族文化也几近崩溃。19世纪中后期,随着摄影术的不断发展,有些摄影师开始用相机记录印第安人的生活和文化状况,为后世留下了宝贵的影像资料。1877年,美国出版了一卷本的《美国印第安人肖像600幅》,其中大部分是由威廉·亨利·杰克逊(William Henry Jackson,1843-1942)拍摄完成的。作为 Indians are the general term for all Native Americans except Inuit. After the 16th century, the invasion of European colonialists brought a destructive blow to the Indian nation, not only by a sharp decline in the population but also by the near collapse of the national culture. In the mid-to-late 19th century, with the continuous development of photography, some photographers began to record the lives and cultural conditions of Indians with their cameras, leaving precious images for future generations. In 1877, the United States published a collection of 600 “Portrait of American Indians,” most of which was filmed by William Henry Jackson (1843-1942). As