Black Hair Brothers Branding Their Spring Calf Crop, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Black Hair Brothers Branding Their Spring Calf Crop": Two Black Hair Brothers, one a teenager, hold down a calf while another man (presumably another family member) brands the calf while the man who lassoed the calf watches from atop his horse. Other calves and their mothers wait in the corral for their turn.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Original: black and white glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1935
Physical Details:
One black and white photo placed in paper brackets, one of two photos on the file page.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8741.2
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, 1935 to December 31, 1935.” 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 #8741.2
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Black Hair
Calves
Cowboys
Fences
Ranchers
Reservation hat
Big Horn County
Boy
Cattle
Crow Indian Reservation
Men
Ranches
Spring
Montana
Branding
Corrals
Crow Indians
Photograph
Ranching
image
Black & white image
Branding iron
Cowboy hats
Farms
Ranch buildings
American Indian
1930's