| Adam Clark Vroman The Snake Priest, Hopi 1901 Gelatin silver print 8 1/4 x 6 3/16 ins George Eastman Museum LL/33242 Numerous native groups do not believe in making permanent records of sacred events out of reverence for the original. The legacy of outside groups, beginning with the Spanish, suppressing native religious life and forcing them to carry on their rites in secret, also made them suspicious of whites who wanted to record their ceremonies, which they feared could be used as evidence for additional repression.
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