Carson Yellowtail Showing His Fine Water Melons, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Carson Yellowtail Showing His Fine Water Melons": Carson Yellowtail and another man survey his fenced-in watermelon field as Yellowtail holds one of the fruits of his harvest. Both men are dressed in cotton shirts and pants.
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 report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8979.2
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 #8979.2
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:
1930s
Montana
Crow Indian Reservation
Fences
Men
Yellowtail, Carson (b. 1951)
African Americans
Black & white image
Crow Indians
Gardeners
Photograph
Yellowtails
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Clothing
Farming
Gardens
Watermelons
image
Big Horn County
Crops
Farms
Harvest
Yellowtail
1930's