PCT4263967: 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 or hanging many braids of fake hair, adorned with vivid resin dumplings. Blac Canon is located in the northern part of the Bighorn Mountains, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263784: 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 published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263786: 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 (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263793: 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 the pipe. When they lit it, they made it touch earth and put it to heaven in a silent prayer to the spirits. Every significant act of their day was preceded by this rite. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263805: Two Leggings, Apsaroke, did about 1848. His visions did not give him great powers, and he was admitted to a secrete tobacco society by Bull Goes Hunting, who gave him his amulet made of a fossil or a coarsely sulptee stone in the form of a two-sided horse. Two Leggings thus became a great warlord. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263860: 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 (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
PCT4263769: 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 (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images
EVB2929942: Ceremonial mask worn by a dancer portraying the hunter in Bella Bella mythology who killed the giant man-eating octopus, The dance was performed during Tluwulahu, a four day ceremony prior to the Winter Dance. Original title: 'Mask of the octopus hunter, Qagyuhl', photograph by Edward S. Curtis, November 13, 1914, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images