Black Lodge Farm Chapter, 1937
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
Top photograph: "The Blacklodge Farm Chapter at play. These recreation meetings occur frequently in the summer time. The top photograph depicts a feed (outdoor picnic or feast in local parlay). The bottom photograph depicts residents of the Black Lodge District of the Crow Reservation in 1937. Many of the men wear reservation hats, which were modified cowboy hats popular among Plains Indian men in the early to mid-20th century. Regular cowboy hats and newsboy beanies are also on display. Along with those in modern outfits, many women are dressed in cotton print dresses, head scarves, and leather belts, which was typical fashion for Crow women at the time.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph, measuring, ca. 2 x 4.
Date of Creation:
1937
Physical Details:
Two black and white glossy photographs placed in paper brackets, attached to a page in a report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #9302
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:
Clarence S. Runyan, Agriculture Extension Agent, "Annual Report of Division of Extension and Industry, Crow Reservation, To Director of Extension and Industry, From January 31, 1937 to December 31, 1937.” United States Department of Interior, Office of Indian Affairs. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, DC. Record Group 79: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Classified Files, 1907-1939, Crow 938-1937-031 to 54140-1938-031 Box 3 (PI- 163 E-121 HM 2001) Folder 330-1938 Crow 031 [2 of 2 folders]. CIVAM-NARA #9302.
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan, U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry
Keywords:
1930s
Big Horn County
Children
Crow Indian Reservation
cotton print
Food
Picnic
leather
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Montana
Clothing
Crow Indians
Families
Group photograph
Reservation hat
head scarves
Beanies
Black & white image
Coffee
Division Extension & Industry
Feed
Kettles
Women
image
newsboy
Black Lodge District
Cowboy hats
Dress
Feeds
Men
belts