Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952)
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Title:
*50% OFF OPPORTUNITY* Charge Crow - Yanktonai
Date:
1908
Size:
Volume, 12.5 x 9.5 inches
Medium:
Vintage Photogravure
Born near Standing Rock in 1850. When in his seventeenth year he joined a war party against the Apsaroke near the Little Bighorn, the Yanktonai capturing a number of horses. While fighting the Flatheads, Charge Crow killed one and took his horse. He led a war-party on foot, and encountering the Atsina near Fort Belknap, Montana, captured fifty horses. Having found an old police badge, he visited a camp of Cree and told them he was an officer. They believed him, and Charge Crow stole most of the horses in the camp, and got away with them safely. Although he fasted often and prayed to the sun, he never had a vision; he attributes his success in war to the potency of his prayers. He married at twenty-one.
The Yanktonai are known to have resided in North Dakota and Montana until reservation days and the total population in Curtis time was around 6,500.
Charge Crow frowns into the camera in this image, he is dressed traditionally. This photogravure was taken in 1908 by Edward S. Curtis and is now available at our Aspen Art Gallery.
Provenance:
Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Library
The Yanktonai are known to have resided in North Dakota and Montana until reservation days and the total population in Curtis time was around 6,500.
Charge Crow frowns into the camera in this image, he is dressed traditionally. This photogravure was taken in 1908 by Edward S. Curtis and is now available at our Aspen Art Gallery.
Provenance:
Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Library