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A Water Conservation Dam and Stock Water Supply in the Agency District, 1936

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"A Water Conservation Dam and Stock Water Supply in the Agency District": Six men survey the Dam and Stock Water Supply to ensure its safety. The conservation dam water supply is essential to the survival of the reservation and its cattle.

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 #9080.2

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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 #9080.2

Creators:

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

Keywords:

1930s

Conservation Dam

Farms

Sanitation

1930's

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Crow Indian Reservation

Landscape

Stock Water Supply

Black & white image

Crow Indians

Range

image

Cattle

Farming

Runyan, Charles S.

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