Tommy Yellowtail Always has a Good Garden,1935
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Tommy Yellowtail Always has a Good Garden"": Tommy Yellowtail, brother of Robert Yellowtail, was well-known for his gardening skills. The photograph focuses on rows that have been tilled and seeded and are sprouting young plants. A house sits on the edge of the garden in the background. The garden is in the Lodge Grass District.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
Originals: b&w glossy photograph
Date of Creation:
1935
Physical Details:
One of two black and white glossy photographs placed in paper brackets, attached to a page in a report.
Catalog Number:
CIVAM-NARA #8732.1
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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, 1935 to December 31, 1935.” 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 #8732.1
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
1930s
Crops
Gardeners
Planting
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Crow Indian Reservation
Gardens
Tom (1903-1993)
Big Horn County, Montana
Crow Indians
Lodge Grass District
image
Black & white image
Division Extension & Industry
Photograph