In the Land of the Head-Hunters

IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD-HUNTERS was a film about the KWAKWAKA'WAKW (Kwakiutl) people, made between 1911 and 1914 at FORT RUPERT by the American photographer Edward S. CURTIS. It was the first full-length documentary motion picture made about aboriginal N Americans. The film used Kwakwaka'wakw actors and costumes to depict aspects of ceremonial and social life. The title was chosen for its shock appeal; the Kwakwaka'wakw were not "head-hunters." The film premiered in New York and Seattle in...

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