Picture of Big Rock, Medicine Man of the Chippewa, in front of teepee or lodge furnished by Charles M. Russell on a lot at the rear of Theodore Gibson's home in Great Falls, Montana.
Large room with many large comfortable chairs and a piano. Parlor of the main lodge at the Boisevain-Weisel Ranch near Seeley Lake, Montana. Now known as the Double Arrow Resort.
Indians of North America ; Crow Agency (Mont.) ; Sun dance
Charlie Ten Bear talks with signs while Truhujo (the Sun Dance Chief) listens, Crow Agency, Montana. This was only the second Sun Dance among the Apsaalooke since 1875. The first being in Pryor, Montana, one month before.
Indians of North America ; Crow Agency (Mont.) ; Sun dance
Crow Sun Dance, Crow Agency, Montana. On the second day of the Sun Dance the public is welcomed to come in and have the blessings of the lodge and the prayers of the Sun Dance Chief.
Indians of North America ; Crow Agency (Mont.) ; Sun dance
Crowd at the Crow Sun Dance, Crow Agency, Montana. The reason for the big crowd at the entrance of the lodge is this was the first Sun Dance ever held at the agency of the reservation.
Letter from Charles Russel to Frank Linderman, dated 5 November 1917 with envelope from the Lewis Glacier Hotel (Lake McDonald Lodge) in Glacier National Park.