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A Few of the Yearlings to be Sent to Tongue River as Repayment for the Foundation Relief Cattle

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"A Few of the Yearlings to be Sent to Tongue River as Repayment for the Foundation Relief Cattle": Nine Hereford cattle stand in a line beside a corral fence. The ground is filled with brush. Behind the fence is a telephone poll and a building. A tree, which stands to the right, slightly obstructs the view of another structure. The scene is set before a hilly landscape on the Crow Indian reservation.

Culture or Community:

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Other Forms:

Originals: b&w glossy photograph

Date of Creation:

1936

Physical Details:

One of two Black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in the report.

Catalog Number:

CIVAM-NARA #8992.2

External Links:

Provenance:

The photographs in this collection were published in the annual reports of the extension agent for the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry at the Crow Reservation. (The text of the reports has not yet been added to the CIVAM collection.) The report photographs were copied by Cindy Ott at the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C. in March 2015. Cindy Ott organized three exhibitions of a dozen of the photographs at senior centers in the towns of Crow Agency, Lodge Grass, and Pryor on the Crow reservation in summer 2017. (Catalog records of individual photographs document which ones were exhibited.)

Citation:

Charles S. Runyan, Agricultural Agent, U.S. Dept of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Service, “Annual Report of Division of Extension and Industry: Crow Reservation; To Director of Extension and Industry; From January 1, 1936 to December 31, 1936.” Records of Bureau of Indian Affairs (RG 75), Central Classified Files, 1907-39; Crow; 40761-1912-.023.1 To 130-1936-031; Box 2: PI-163 E-121 HM 2001. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. CIVAM-NARA #8992.2

Creators:

National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., Charles S. Runyan

Keywords:

Calves

Fences

Ranch buildings

Cattle

Hereford cattle

Wood

Crow Indian Reservation

House

image

Farms

Photograph

Black & white image

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