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The Fourteen Head of Hereford Heifers Purchased by Arlis Whiteman with the Use of Rehabilitation Funds

Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s

Description:

"The Fourteen Head of Hereford Heifers Purchased by Arlis Whiteman with the Use of Rehabilitation Funds": A dozen Hereford cows stand at the top of a grassy hill. In the distance are the Bighorn Mountains. To the right, at the bottom of the hill is a small house, which was likely owned by Arlis Whiteman.

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 #9029.2

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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, 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 #9029.2

Creators:

Charles S. Runyan, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Keywords:

1930's

Black & white image

Cowboys

Farms

House

Photograph

image

1930s

Bulls

Crow Indian Reservation

Grass

Landscape

Rehabilitation Loan

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Cattle

Crow Indians

Heifers

Mountain

Whiteman, Arlis

Big Horn Mountains, Montana

Cattle Drives

Farming

Hereford cattle

Pasture

Image

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