Whenever Possible The Crows Take Advantage of Power, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Whenever it is Economically Possible The Crows Take Advantage of Power and Other Modern Machinery": A Crow farmer rides his powered tractor on a vast unfenced plot of land. This "modern machinery" prepares the farmer's soil for the next harvest by pulling the planter that would otherwise have been pulled by horses or mules
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 #9015.1
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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 #9015.1
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
1930's
Black & white image
Farms
Photograph
1930s
Crow Indian Reservation
Gardeners
Planter
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Farm equipment
Gardens
Planting
Big Horn County, Montana
Farming
Indians of North America
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