An Idle Hour - A Moment Of Tranquility: Piegan Indians Sitting On The Edge Of A Body Of Water. Photo Taken From Volume 6 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
Camp Sioux. It Was Customary For Warriors To Ride In A Circle Around Their Leader's Tepee Before They Go On An Enemy Raid. Photo Taken From Volume 3 Of Edward S. Curtis's Encyclopedia Photograph
Going To Camp. An Apsaroke Indian Carrying Wood In The Snow, In A Small Winter Camp Near A Creek In The Pryor Mountains, Montana. Photo Taken From Volume 4 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
Passing The Cliff, Winter Scene. Apsaroke Indians Riding Along A Cliff In The Snow On The Pryor River, Montana. Photo Taken From Volume 4 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
Medicine Crow, Apsaroke. The Falcon Tied To Its Head Is A Way Of Carrying The Symbol Of Its Guardian Spirit. Photo Taken From Volume 4 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
A Successful Raid For Horses. The Apsaroke Were One Of The Most Foreign Tribes To Fear And Their Stories Of Looting, More Or Less Important, Are No Longer Counted. Photo Taken From Volume 4 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
Iron Brest, Piegan. Costume Of A Member Of The Bulls, A Former Society That Has Disappeared For Many Years Photo From Volume 6 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
The Sheep-sheep Hunter, Sioux. Mountain Sheep, Grazing In The Most Inaccessible Parts Of The Bad Lands, Were Sought Only By The Most Daring Hunters. Photo Taken From Volume 3 Of Edward S. Curtis's Encyclopedia Photograph
In The Badlands. This Amazing Image Was Made In Sheep Mountain, On The Pine Rige Reserve, Badlands, South Dakota. Photo Taken From Volume 3 Of Edward S. Curtis's Encyclopedia Photograph
Old Person, Piegan. Young Men Do Not Miss Any Occasion Of Public Festivities To Put On The Clothes Of Their Warrior Father. Photo Taken From Volume 6 Of The Encyclopedia Published By Edward S. Curtis Photograph
Apsaroke War Group. The Warrior On The Right Holds The Curved Stick Of One Of The Tribal Military Organizations. This Stick Was Planted In The Ground At The Decisive Moment Of The Fight, Like A Banner Behind Which Its Wearer Pledged Not To Retreat. P Photograph
In Black Canon. The Apsaroke, Without Being Exclusively Mountain Dwellers, Always Loved The Hills, Preferring Monotonous Meadows... The Shade Of The Forests And The Clear Rivers. The Photo Illustrates The Custom Of Wearing A Headband Behind The Head Photograph
Sioux Invocation. Sanctuaries Are Most Often Large Boulders Of Rolling Stone Or Other Rocks That [...] Were Charged With Mythical Significance. Priests And Warlords Went There To Invoke The Help Of Supernatural Powers. The Large Block Of Stone On Whi Photograph
Two Bear, Piegan Woman. As For The Piegans Of Today And Tomorrow, We Would Have To Be Very Optimistic To Find Hope In Their Present Situation. The Promise Of A Better Life, Which Had Always Been Made To Them By Civilization, Was An Empty Shell. Photo Photograph
Wishham Girl. This Girl Is Dressed In A Heavy Suede Dress Adorned With Pearls. The Indispensable Ornamental Attribute Of A Well-born Person Was The Dental Shell In The Nasal Septum. The Headdress Is Made Of Shells, Shells And Junk Beads As Well As Ch Photograph
Crow Eagle, Piegan. In Ancient Times Of Traditional Customs And Laws, They Were Based On Customs, Especially In Their Social Relations, And These Constraints Were Largely Part Of Their Religion. A Custom Worthy Of Attention Is The Intensive Use Of Th Photograph
A Dandy Piegan. Around 1855, The Young Men Began To Make A Parting In Their Hair From One Temple To The Other And To Curl Their Back With A Wand Of A Pre-heated Rifle. Some Made Nates, Others Didn't. Photo Taken From Volume 6 Of The Encyclopedia Publ Photograph
Shot In The Hand, Apsaroke. In 1841 He Obtained The “power Of The Hawk” During His Vision Quest. He Used To Develop A Mixture Based On Falcon Heart, Glycery Photograph
Tearing Lodge, Piegan. Pinokiminuksh Is One Of The Few Piegan Advances In Age Whose Memory Has Remained Faithful. Did In 1835 In The Present-day Montana Su Sud, It Emerged As A Valuable Source Of Information. The Buffalo Skin Hat Is Part Of His War S Photograph
Sioux Chiefs. Very Often, Two Or Three Men Formed A War Troop And Left For Weeks Or Months. Sometimes They'd Come Back With Scalps, Horses Or Women. Then, Whatever Its Size, The War Troop Knew Defeat And There Was No Survivor To Tell The Worried Wome Photograph
Black Eagle, Assiniboin. In 1834 On Missouri, South Of Williston, South Dakota, He Was Only 13 Years Old When He First Went To War, Without Distinguishing Himself, Nor On The Following Two Expeditions. In The Fourth, He Alone Captured 6 Yanktonese Ho Photograph