Wonderful Summer Range Plenty of Water and Grass and Protection from Flies, 1936
Crow Indian Gardeners & Farmers 1930s
Description:
"Wonderful Summer Range Plenty of Water and Grass and Protection from Flies": Two Crow Cowboys on horseback watching over a herd of grazing cattle during the summer months. The Cattle and the Cowboys are happy to be on the range enjoying the warm weather.
Culture or Community:
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Other Forms:
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 #9075.2
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 #9075.2
Creators:
Charles S. Runyan, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Keywords:
1930's
Cattle
Crow Indian Reservation
Grazing, cattle
Men
image
1930s
Cattle Drives
Crow Indians
Horses
Ranchers
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
Cowboys
Farming
Indians of North America
Range
Black & white image
Cowhands
Farms
Landscape
Runyan, Charles S.