Friday, March 11, 2016

Favorite Photographs of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe

Favorite Photographs of the Blackfoot Indian Tribe


This is a rare 1908 natural photo of Blackfoot Indian warriors on horseback. 


This is Mountain Chief recording Blackfoot music for the Bureau of Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution in 1915.


Mountain Chief singing a Blackffot Indian chant for the Smithsonian.  Note the sign language while he sings.


1920 photo of a Blackfoot Indian camp. Unposed photo shows the men just hanging out, while the women in the background are engaged in cooking and otyher tasks in the background.


Blackfoot Indians photographed atop a Hotel in downtown New York city in 1915.


Blackfoot Indian waters his horse on the Montana Reservation