The Blackhair Brothers are Building Up a Herd That Any Cattle Man Would be Proud to Own. Note the Well Kept Corral.
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"The Blackhair Brothers are Building Up a Herd That Any Cattle Man Would be Proud to Own. Note the Well Kept Corral": Tall plush grass covers the landscape. A wooden fence stands to the right. On the outside of this fence (to the left) , one of the Blackhair Brothers herds his cattle while on top of a horse. Behind the cattle are rolling hills.
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 the report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8992.1
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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, 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 #8992.1
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Keywords:
Black & white image
Cattlemen
Crow Indians
Pasture
Black Hair Brothers
Corrals
Fences
Photograph
Cattle
Cowhands
Grass
Wood
Cattle Drives
Crow Indian Reservation
Horses
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