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The 4-H Girls From The Clubs at Wyola and Lodge Grass, 1936

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"The 4-H Girls From The Clubs at Wyola and Lodge Grass": Several young Crow girls from Wyola and Lodge Grass, Montana gather for a 4-H group photograph during the winter season. Two older women can be spotted on the far left and middle-back of the group who must be the club leaders or chaperones. Their meeting location is located on the path towards a historic-looking house, which can be seen behind the group.

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 #9005.1

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 #9005.1

Creators:

U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry

Keywords:

1930's

Big Horn County

Clothing

cotton print

Indians of North America

Photograph

Wyola

1930s

Montana

Crow Indians

Girls

Lodge Grass District

United States--Great Plains

image

4-H

Black & white image

Dress

Group photograph

Lodge Grass

Winter

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Children

cotton

House

Meeting

Women

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