This collection contains 123 color slides depicting scenes of the Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana] community photographed by Harry Vernon Gressang in 1977. The bulk of the slides depict an outdoor powwow and landscape scenes. Three slides document rug weaving and may have been shot at Navajo Nation in Arizona, circa 1978.
Arrangement:
Arranged by catalog number.
Biographical / Historical:
Harry Gressang of Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ was born on July 22, 1913, and died at age 71 years old in June 1985. He was married to his wife Doris E. Gressang for 44 years and they had one song Randall Gressang.
Provenance:
Gift of Doris Gressang in honor of her husband Harry Vernon Gressang, 1996.
Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harry Vernon Gressang photographs from the Blackfeet Reservation, image #, NMAI.AC.395; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana] Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic slides
Date:
1977
Scope and Contents:
S04993 - S05112
This series contains 120 color slides depicting a Pikuni (Piegan) [Blackfeet Nation, Browning, Montana] powwow photographed by Harry Vernon Gressang in 1977. The bulk of the photographs depict men, women, and children dancing outdoors. Other photographs document landscapes and tipis.
Collection Restrictions:
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Collection Rights:
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Collection Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Harry Vernon Gressang photographs from the Blackfeet Reservation, image #, NMAI.AC.395; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.