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Collection Area Printed Collections Archive Reference (shelfmark) L.R.298.b.2, 6 Level [40] File

1. L.R.298.b.2, 6(184)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(184)
Title:
The Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a river in a prairie landscape in Montana, with three Piegan on horseback in the foreground. 'This scene on Two Medicine river near the eastern foothills of the Rocky Mountains is typical of the western portion of the Piegan country, where the undulating upland prairies become rougher an...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 6(185)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(185)
Title:
Morning Eagle - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length half-profile portrait on horseback of Morning Eagle, an elderly Piegan. 'At an age of more than ninety, Apinakuipita is still hale enough to ride his horse to the tribal gatherings.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 6(186)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(186)
Title:
Painted lodges - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Close view of decorated Piegan tipis on a plain. 'Symbolically painted tipis are frequently observed among the Piegan. Sometimes incidents in the owner's career, especially as a warrior, are depicted, but more often as in this picture, the painting is conventional, and imitative of a tipi seen b...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 6(187)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(187)
Title:
Tearing lodge - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Tearing Lodge, an elderly Piegan. 'Pinokiminush is one of the few Piegan of advanced years and retentive memory. He was born about 1835 on Jusdith river in what is now northern Montana, and was found to be a valuable informant on many topics. The buffalo-sk...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 6(188)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(188)
Title:
In a Piegan lodge. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of the Piegans Little Plume and his son Yellow Kidney seated in a lodge. 'Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The picture is full of suggestion of the various Indian activities. In a prominent place lie the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 6(189)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(189)
Title:
White Calf - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders half-profile portrait of White Calf, a Piegan. Curtis cites a biographical sketch of White Calf by the ethnographer George Bird Grinnell: 'Unistai-poka (White Buffalo-calf) died at Washington in 1903. He was then almost eighty years of age, and had been the chief of his tribe ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 6(190)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(190)
Title:
Two Bear Woman - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of Two Bear Woman, a Piegan.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1911
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 6(191)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(191)
Title:
Double Runner - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length half-profile portrait of Double Runner, a Piegan. 'Double Runner's is an excellent type of the Piegan physiognomy, as well as the ideal North American Indian as pictured by the average person. The native name of this individual is Ahjutomahka.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 6(192)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(192)
Title:
Sun Dance encampment - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Distant view of many Piegan tipis on a plain. 'This tribal assembly for the Sun Dance of 1898 comprised about two hundred and thirty tipis, including a number of visiting Blackfeet and Bloods from Canada. The scene is on the Piegan reservation in northern Montana, near Browning.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 6(193)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 6(193)
Title:
Travaux - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of Piegan horsemen drawing travaux across a plain in Montana or Alberta. 'With the most of the plains tribes the travois was the universal vehicle for transporting camp equipment, but is now rarely seen. In the days before the acquisition of horses a smaller form of the same device was draw...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 item

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