John Buffalo, a Member of the Soap Creek Club in his Garden, 1935
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"John Buffalo, a Member of the Soap Creek Club in his Garden," 1935: John Buffalo, seen with braids, meets with an agricultural agent in his garden. A young Crow Indian boy also stands in the garden. The garden includes corn, among other crops. The Soap Creek Club was one of the 4-H Clubs organized on the reservation. [blurry image to be replaced]
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1935
Physical Details:
One of two black and white glossy photographs placed in paper brackets, attached to a page in a report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8754.2
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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, 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 #8754.2
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry
Keywords:
1930s
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Boy
Children
Crow Indians
Gardens
4-H
Big Horn County
Braids
Corn
Division Extension & Industry
Men
Agriculutural Agents
Montana
Buffalo
Crops
Extension Agents
Photograph
American Indian/White relations
Black & white image
John
Crow Indian Reservation
Gardeners
image