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A full blood, member of the Grease Melters' Band of the South Piegan. He was still living in 1947, on the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana. According to the Blackfoot Reservation Census of December 31, 1939, Yellow Kidney was 70 years old in that year. (J.C. Ewers, U.S. National Museum, January 1949).
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A full blood, member of the Grease Melters' Band of the South Piegan. He was still living in 1947, on the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana. According to the Blackfoot Reservation Census of December 31, 1939, Yellow Kidney was 70 years old in that year. (J.C. Ewers, U.S. National Museum, January 1949).
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Home: Blackfoot Agency, Montana. Born 1870 ? Mrs Little Dog married Little Dog in 1880 when she was ten years old. Died November 26, 1934. Was a Medicine Woman. (Information from back of old print.) Original print in Hrdlicka files (#4877) gives her age in this photograph as 44 years.
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Home: Blackfoot Agency, Montana. Born 1870 ? Mrs Little Dog married Little Dog in 1880 when she was ten years old. Died November 26, 1934. Was a Medicine Woman. (Information from back of old print.) Original print in Hrdlicka files (#4877) gives her age in this photograph as 44 years.
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She was listed in the Reservation Census of December 31, 1939, as a full blood, 60 years of age. She was still living on the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana wheh I left there in the summer of 1944. Her husband, Aims Back, was then deceased. (J.C. Ewers, U.S. National Museum, January 1949).
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She was listed in the Reservation Census of December 31, 1939, as a full blood, 60 years of age. She was still living on the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana wheh I left there in the summer of 1944. Her husband, Aims Back, was then deceased. (J.C. Ewers, U.S. National Museum, January 1949).
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1936
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Louis Bearchild (?) lived at Starr School in the northern part of the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana, in the 1940's. He was listed as a full blood in the Blackfoot Reservation Census of December 31, 1939, which gives his age as 50 years. He was living when I last visited the reservation in the summer of 1947. -- Information furnished by Mr Ewers, U.S. National Museum, January 1949.
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Louis Bearchild (?) lived at Starr School in the northern part of the Blackfoot Reservation, Montana, in the 1940's. He was listed as a full blood in the Blackfoot Reservation Census of December 31, 1939, which gives his age as 50 years. He was living when I last visited the reservation in the summer of 1947. -- Information furnished by Mr Ewers, U.S. National Museum, January 1949.
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1936
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A biographical sketch of James White Calf submitted in January, 1949 by Mr Ewers: "James White Calf, full blood Piegan, older brother of Two Guns White Calf, and son of White Calf, the last principal chief of the south Piegan. The elder White Calf died in Washington, D.C. in 1903. "James White Calf went on horse stealing raids in his youth and counted coup. He was still living on the Blackfoot reservation, Montana in 1947. According to the Blackfoot reservation census of December 31, 1939, he was then 76 years of age. "In the 1940's James White Calf owned the yellow buffalo lodge, one of the oldest and probably the handsomest of the Blackfoot painted tipis."
Note from Mr John C. Ewers 4-27-53. These photos are definitely representations of James White Calf, son of White Calf, last recognized chief of the Blackfoot (Piegan) in Montana. According to the Blackfeet Reservation Census of 1908, James was then 44 years of age. That census records his father's name - White Calf; his mother's - Black Snake. I do not know whether or not he was the grandson of Big Snake, although it is probable, since my Indian informants stated that his father married 2 of Big Snake's daughters. However, one informant claimed James was the son of White Calf by still another wife. James White Calf was still living in 1951 on the Blackfeet Reservation. I saw him that summer. He was then one of the last surviving Piegan men who had taken part in intertribal warfare (ie. horse raids). His brother was Two Guns White Calf, now dead, a very picturesque Indian. You have photos of him also.
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NAA INV.9212800
OPPS NEG.423 C 1
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These photographs were originally identified as follows: "Sh-ko'-i-na-max'ha - Last Gun Chief. Known to the Whites as White Calf. Grandson of the famous chief Big Snake."These photographs were identified by J.C. Ewers (4-27-53) as being "definitely representations of James White Calf."
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A biographical sketch of James White Calf submitted in January, 1949 by Mr Ewers: "James White Calf, full blood Piegan, older brother of Two Guns White Calf, and son of White Calf, the last principal chief of the south Piegan. The elder White Calf died in Washington, D.C. in 1903. "James White Calf went on horse stealing raids in his youth and counted coup. He was still living on the Blackfoot reservation, Montana in 1947. According to the Blackfoot reservation census of December 31, 1939, he was then 76 years of age. "In the 1940's James White Calf owned the yellow buffalo lodge, one of the oldest and probably the handsomest of the Blackfoot painted tipis."
Note from Mr John C. Ewers 4-27-53. These photos are definitely representations of James White Calf, son of White Calf, last recognized chief of the Blackfoot (Piegan) in Montana. According to the Blackfeet Reservation Census of 1908, James was then 44 years of age. That census records his father's name - White Calf; his mother's - Black Snake. I do not know whether or not he was the grandson of Big Snake, although it is probable, since my Indian informants stated that his father married 2 of Big Snake's daughters. However, one informant claimed James was the son of White Calf by still another wife. James White Calf was still living in 1951 on the Blackfeet Reservation. I saw him that summer. He was then one of the last surviving Piegan men who had taken part in intertribal warfare (ie. horse raids). His brother was Two Guns White Calf, now dead, a very picturesque Indian. You have photos of him also.
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NAA INV.9212900
OPPS NEG.423 C 2
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These photographs were originally identified as follows: "Sh-ko'-i-na-max'ha - Last Gun Chief. Known to the Whites as White Calf. Grandson of the famous chief Big Snake."These photographs were identified by J.C. Ewers (4-27-53) as being "definitely representations of James White Calf."
Subject identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian (cf. also negative 420-a). A Piegan Indian wearing a Dakota style dress. (J.C. Ewers, April 1966).
Negatives 4700 through 4712 were made by R.W. Reed on an excursion sponsored by the Great Northern Railroad for the purpose of making photographs to be used in their advertising. Thus, though much of the equipment and dress of the Indians is traditional these photographs do not accurately portray the Blackfoot life style. The setting of the trip, Glacier National Park was, no doubt, selected for its scenic attraction, but in reality the Blackfoot never camped or hunted in the mountains, and when traveling went through them as quickly as possible. For, according to their tradition the mountains were the homes of the spirits. Information from J.C. Ewers, 9/70 JCS.
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1915
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Identified from negative numbers 412-a and 412-b. Cf. Negative number 48,074, different subject but apparently made at the same time and place, and said to be copyrighted 1912 by Roland Reed (a photographer). Subject born ca. 1871, as the 1901 Reservation Census gave his age as 30. He was the son of Chief White Calf and 1/2 brother of James White Calf (J.C. Ewers, April 1966).
Subject identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian; they state that Fish Wolf Robe died in 1966. See remarks on catalog card 4700.
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OPPS NEG.4702
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Cf. negative number 48,074 different subject but apparently made at same time and place, and said to be copyrighted 1912 by Roland Reed (a photographer).
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1915
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Daisy Norris Gilham and child; Two Guns White Calf stands at lodge entrance.
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Subject identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian. Identification reads, "Daisy Gilham (with children); Two Guns White Calf standing at lodge entrance." See remarks on catalog card 4700.
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Left to right: Bill Shoot; Black Bull; (?) with back to camera; Eagle Child; Stabs By Mistake; (?); far right, Mrs Brocky.
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Subjects identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian. See remarks on catalog card 4700. Identified by John C. Ewers as Stabs By Mistake, 9/22/70. JCS.
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OPPS NEG.4705
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Photographer identified as Roland W. Reed from information in notes in MCB's slip file on photographers. JCS 5/1971
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Left to right: Lazy Boy, Fish Wolf Robe, Two Guns White Calf; seated men with backs to camera are unidentified, as are the women to the right.
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Lazy Boy and Fish Wolf Robe were identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian. Two Guns White Calf identified from negative 4701. See remarks on catalog card 4700.
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Facing front: Tail Feathers Coming Over the Hill or Brocky; Back to camera: Yellow Wolf; Right: James Williard Schultz.
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Tipis are typical Blackfoot types (J.C. Ewers, April, 1966). Brocky and Schultz identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian.
Schultz did the field work for the text in July-September 1915. Thus pictures in this series (negatives 4700-4712) have all been dated as 1915. The photographer is stated as being R.W. Reed (p. X of Illustrations). See remarks on catalog card 4700.
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OPPS NEG.4706
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Subject wears a Blackfoot dress, but cradleboard is Dakota (J.C. Ewers, April, 1966). Subject identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian. See remarks on catalog card 4700.
Subject wears a Blackfoot dress, but cradleboard is Dakota (J.C. Ewers, April, 1966). Subject identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian. See remarks on catalog card 4700.
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The horse trappings are Blackfoot, but cradleboard is Dakota (J.C. Ewers, April, 1966). Subject identified 5/66 by Nora Spanish and Mae Williamson, South Piegans of Browning, Montana and transmitted by Claude Schaeffer, Museum of the Plains Indian.
Another view reproduced in James W. Schultz, Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park, Boston, 1916, opposite page 42with the caption "Moving Camp from Two Medicine, The end of the procession." Schultz did the field workfor the text in July-September 1915. Thus pictures in this series (negatives 4700-4712) have all been dated as 1915. The photographer is stated as being R.W. Reed (p. X of Illustrations). See also remarks on catalog card 4700.
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OPPS NEG.4709
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