Mrs. Eli Black Hawk Near Wyola Has a Well Balanced Garden, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Mrs. Eli Black Hawk Near Wyola Has a Well Balanced Garden": Mrs. Eli Black Hawk poses in her garden that has a variety of plants for future harvest. Mrs. Black Hawk wears a cotton printed dress, cinched at the waist with a belt, that opens in the front to show her pants and boots underneath. There are two houses that can be seen in the background, one closer than the other that may be the Black Hawk residence.
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 #8982.1
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 #8982.1
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:
1930's
Montana
Mrs.
Crow Indians
Farms
Indians of North America
belts
1930s
Black & white image
Clothing
Dress
Gardeners
Photograph
leather
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Black Hawk
Crops
cotton print
Gardens
Women
image
Big Horn County
Black Hawk, Eli
Crow Indian Reservation
Farming
House
Wyola