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Absaroka Tribe - Crow Nation Indian family photo
Photo provided courtesy of the United States Library of Congress.

Absaroka Tribe - Crow Nation

Shown here is Bread, a member of the Native American Crow Nation, also called Absaroka, who originally inhabited the Wyoming, North Dakota and Montana area. Interesting to note, the name of the tribe in the Siouan language is Apsaalooke, which means "children of the large-beaked bird" and was interpreted by translators as "people of the crow". ... show more

Bread, Apsaroke
1 photographic print.
Photograph shows Bread, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing a headdress.
  • H113034 U.S. Copyright Office.
  • Title from item.
  • Curtis no. 2706-08.
  • Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
  • Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v. 4, pl. 121.
  • Curtis (Edward S.) Collection
  • Bread.
  • Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
  • Crow Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
  • Headresses--1900-1910.
  • Photographic prints--1900-1910.
  • Portrait photographs--1900-1910.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
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