Tom Medicine Horse is One of the Few that Produces Both Milk and Beef
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Tom Medicine Horse is One of the Few that Produces Both Milk and Beef": Tom Medicine Horse oversees a dozen of his cattle while on top of his horse. The cattle graze in knee-high grass. Telephone lines, and a sparse line of trees stand in the background.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Date of Creation:
Physical Details:
One of two Black and white glossy photographs placed in brackets, attached to a page in the report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8991.2
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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 #8991.2
Creators:
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
Black & white image
Farms
Horses
Image
Cattle
Grass
Indians of North America
Cattlemen
Grazing, cattle
Medicine Horse, Tom
Crow Indian Reservation
Hereford cattle
Photograph