William Lodge Pole And A Crew of His Indian Neighbors Threshing William's Grain, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"WM. Lodgepole And A Crew of His Indian Neighbors Threashing William's Grain": William Lodge Pole has gathered some of his neighbors to thresh his grain via a threshing machine that can be seen near their closest pile of grain. There is a total of four men- all wearing cotton shirts and pants with reservation hats- two are examining the threshing machine, while the others are moving the grain.
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 #9020.2
External Links:
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 #9020.2
Creators:
U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of Extension and Industry, Charles S. Runyan
Keywords:
1930's
Black & white image
Crow Indians
Grain
Lodge Pole, William
United States--Great Plains
1930s
Clothing
Farm equipment
Group photograph
Men
image
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Crops
Farming
Harvest
Photograph
Big Horn County, Montana
Crow Indian Reservation
Farms
Indians of North America
Reservation hat