The Alabama Coushatta tribe in a Baptist church. In the picture, there seems to be a potluck going on for the members. Although the church attendance can be seen as assimilation into American culture, it also shows a complex site transformed into an outlet so that the tribes could enact on and express their values, beliefs, and practices. Through analyzing the photo, one can see the continued practice of the Alabama - Coushatta values, such as the importance of family, community cooperation, generosity, and intergenerational generation. These life in action or “slice of life photos”, would eventually go on to replace staged photos. | Source: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5jn3p61b#article_mainDownload Original File
