Indians of North America ; Crow Agency (Mont.) ; Sun dance
Structure of the Sun Dance Lodge, Crow Agency, Montana. The Sun Dance Lodge is almost up, they are putting up the rafter poles, of which there are 12, to represent the 12 new moons of the year.
Indians of North America ; Crow Agency (Mont.) ; Sun dance
The Messenger Eagle, part of the Sun Dance ceremony. The Apsaalooke say that the eagle is placed on the Center Pole to represent freedom. The eagle has no boundaries. As well as the Apsaalooke belief that all birds carry our prayers to the Creator.
Senator Mike Mansfield in group photo with Montana college students (l-r) Bill Philip, Billings, Dartmouth Medical School; John Kelly Addy, Shelby, Montana State University; Dean Hart, Montana State University; Robert Quinn, Big Sandy, Montana...