Absaroka Collection

Deaf Bull, c. 1880. Creator: Laton Alton Huffman
Deaf Bull, c. 1880. [Portrait of a chief of the Crow people from the Yellowstone River valley, western United States]. Gelatin silver print

Wet-Apsaroke, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wet-Apsaroke, 1908. Head and shoulders portrait of Native American male with feather in hair and graduated beaded necklaces

Young Crow Groom, Ft. Keogh, negative 1878-1881. Creator: Laton Alton Huffman
Young Crow Groom, Ft. Keogh, negative 1878-1881. Portrait of young Native American male with one braid on right and loose hair on left, wearing graduated bead necklaces and single-feather headpiece

Crow people at Fort Clarke

Ramshorn Mountain and Badlands near Dubois, Wyoming

Indians at dedication, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Indians at dedication, 1913. Shows Crow chiefs at the groundbreaking ceremony for the National American Indian Memorial (which was never built), Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York

Rodman Wanamaker and Indian Chiefs, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Rodman Wanamaker and Indian Chiefs, 1913

USA, Wyoming. Milky Way photograph of Absaroka Mountains near Cody

USA, Wyoming. Alpine Forget-Me-Not wildflowers and lichen, Absaroka Mountains

Her Horse Kills, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Her Horse Kills, 1908. Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of Her Horse Kills, braided hair, wearing traditional clothing, beaded earrings and necklace, seated facing front

Young Hairy Wolf, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Young Hairy Wolf, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Young Hairy Wolf, wearing fur headdress, traditional clothing, and shell necklace, seated, facing front

Young Hairy Wolf-Apsaroke, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Young Hairy Wolf-Apsaroke, c1905. Young Hairy Wolf, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Richard Wallace, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Richard Wallace, 1908. Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of Richard Wallace, wearing western clothing and "Judge" ribbon, seated facing front

Pretty Paint, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pretty Paint, c1905. Pretty Paint, Crow man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

John Wallace, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
John Wallace, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of John Wallace, wearing traditional clothing, seated, facing front

Day dreams, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Day dreams, 1905. Photograph shows Chief Plenty Coups squatting on rock near pond, fingers interlaced, meditating

Plenty Coups, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, pompadour, temple braids, beaded buckskin shirt, shell beads around neck, c1908

The wife of Plenty Coups, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The wife of Plenty Coups, 1908. Photograph shows Plenty Coups's wife, wearing traditonal dress, standing againt rock

Wolf, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wolf, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Crow chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow chief, 1910. Photograph shows full-length portrait of The Grizzly Bear, with braided hair, wearing traidtional clothing and several necklaces, standing, holding bow, facing front

Victory, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Victory, 1908. Photograph shows several Crow Indians, including Plenty Coups, Wet, Bull Don't Fall Down

Overlooking the Little Horn, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Overlooking the Little Horn, 1908. Photograph shows five Crow Indians, Wolf, Fish Shows (wearing headdress), Which Way, Lone Tree, and Two Whistles on horseback carrying staffs

The Crow Likes Water, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Crow Likes Water, 1905. Photograph shows The Crow Likes Water, head-and-shoulders portrait, profile facing left

Plain Owl, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Plain Owl, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Plain Owl, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, and beaded gauntlets, holding staff, seated, facing front

Apsaroke War Group, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Apsaroke War Group, c1905. Print shows three Crow Indians, Uphaw, Which Way, and Packs The Hat, on horseback

The Outlook, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Outlook, c1905. Packs The Hat and Which Way, two Crow Indians on horseback, Montana

Scout That Returns, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Scout That Returns, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Scout That Returns, wearing traditional clothing and beaded gauntlets, seated, facing front

Old Tail, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Old Tail, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Old Tail, wearing headdress and traditional clothing, seated, facing left

Two Leggings, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Leggings, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne, c1927. Cheyenne woman, half-length portrait, facing front

Two Leggings, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Leggings, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Two Leggings, seated, holding stick, facing right

Council of War, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Council of War, c1908. Six Crow Indians in full regalia, on horseback, Montana. Sitting Elk, Medicine Crow, Fish Shows, Wolf, Two Whistles

Strike On his Head, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, loose forelock, braids, beaded buckskin shirt, beads and two large shell disks around neck, c1908

Runs Between, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Runs Between, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Runs Between, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, beaded gauntlets and braids, seated, facing right

White Man Runs Him, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
White Man Runs Him, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of White Man Runs Him, wearing fur hat with buffalo horns, dressed in traditional clothing, seated, facing front

Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace"), Sarsi man, bust portrait, facing front

Tries His Knee, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tries His Knee, c1908. Half-length portrait of Crow Man

Red Wing-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Wing-Apsaroke, c1908

White Man Runs Him, Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
White Man Runs Him, Apsaroke, c1908. Portrait, man, head-and-shoulders, facing front, feather headress, shell concho and shell beads around neck

Swallow Bird, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, painted pompadour, Apsaroke headdress, flannel shirt, beads on chest, studded pipe held in front of right arm, c1908

Strong Enemy, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Strong Enemy, c1908. Full-length portrait of Crow man and child

Medicine Crow-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Medicine Crow-Apsaroke, c1908

Lone Crow, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lone Crow, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Lone Crow, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, and seated, facing right

Lies Sideway, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lies Sideway, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Leads the Wolf, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Leads the Wolf, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

The chief and his staff, Apsaroke Indians, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The chief and his staff, Apsaroke Indians, c1905. Rear view of four Apsaroke Indians on horseback

Lone Tree, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1908

Offering the pipe, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering the pipe, 1908. Photograph shows woman offering a pipe to a tree

For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
For strength and visions-Apsaroke, c1908

The scout in winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The scout in winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke man on horseback on snow-covered ground, probably in Pryor Mountains, Montana

The river camp, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The river camp, c1905. Crow man with two children and woman(?) at river's edge; tipi, surrounded by trees and mountains

The spirit of the past-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The spirit of the past-Apsaroke, c1908. Four Crow men on horseback holding feathered spears

On the hilltop, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
On the hilltop, c1908. Eight Crow Indians on horseback, silhouetted on top of hill, man second from left is pointing, Montana

The drink, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The drink, c1905. Crow Indian kneeling beside water gazing at his reflection

Watching the signal, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Watching the signal, c1905. Three Crow Indians, one sitting, two standing, facing left

Old White Man, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Old White Man, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Which Way, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Which Way, c1905. Crow Indian, half-length portrait, facing front, wearing headdress and several necklaces

Crow Chief's Daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow Chief's Daughter, c1910. Piegan girl standing in doorway of tepee, wearing beaded buckskin dress, Montana

A smoke, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A smoke, c1905. Two Crow Indians in Montana, sitting on the ground, one is smoking a pipe

Pack horse [i.e. packhorse]-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pack horse [i.e. packhorse]-Apsaroke, c1908. Apsaroke woman on horseback, packhorse beside her

The winter camp-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The winter camp-Apsaroke, c1908. Two Apsaroke people on horseback outside a tipi in a thicket of trees; snow covering area

Sitting Eagle, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sitting Eagle, c1905. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Absoraks, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Absoraks, c1905. Rear view of four Crow Indians, including Shot in the Hand and Bull Chief, on horseback, Montana

Crow child, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow child, 1908. Photograph shows little girl, wearing traditonal dress, standing againt rock

The Dancer, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1905

The war party, 1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The war party, 1905. Photograph shows a group of Crow Indians on horseback. Chief, in middle, wearing headdress

A quiet smoke-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A quiet smoke-Hopi, c1907. Hopi man sitting on ground smoking, with hoe propped on his left knee

The Talk, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Talk, c1905. Three Crow men, seated in rocky area with low growing shrubs, their horses rest nearby

One Blue Bead, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
One Blue Bead, c1908. One Blue Bead, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Two Whistles [A]-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Whistles [A]-Apsaroke, c1908

Approaching winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Approaching winter-Apsaroke, c1908. Two Crow Indians on horseback in shallow stream flanked by snow-covered trees, under rock cliff

Curley-Apsaroke, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Curley-Apsaroke, c1905. Apsaroke man, half-length portrait, wearing headdress, facing front

Ready for the charge-Apsaroke, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Ready for the charge-Apsaroke, c1908. Man in feather headdress, on horseback, holding bow and arrows, 1 arrow in mouth

Rigid and statuesque, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Rigid and statuesque, c1905. Photo shows three Crow men, facing right, on rock ledge

Hoop On the Forehead, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, c1908

Bear Claw, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bear Claw, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Bear Claw, seated, facing left

Hoop On the Forehead, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hoop On the Forehead, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

A swap, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A swap, c1905. Crow men on horseback apparently involved in an exchange

Banks, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Banks, 1908. Photograph shows head and shoulder portrait of Banks, wearing feathered headdress and several necklaces, seated, facing front

Bear Cut Ear, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bear Cut Ear, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Crow Butte Near Ft Robinson, Neb and FE & MV RR -- In battle, the Indians drove the "Crows" up on the mountain and camped on the only approach

High Medicine Rock, Crow Indian with two horses at left, Her Horse Kills with child in buggy at right, tepees and circus type tent in background, Montana, c1908

Goes Ahead, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Goes Ahead, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Goes Ahead, dressed in civilian clothing, wearing Indian Judge badge, seated, facing front

Chief Child, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Chief Child, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

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"Exploring the Rich Legacy of Absaroka: A Glimpse into the Crow Culture" Step back in time and immerse yourself in the captivating world of Absaroka, a land brimming with vibrant history and cultural treasures. From renowned artworks to breathtaking landscapes, this caption takes you on a journey through various glimpses of Absaroka's past. Delve into the late 19th century as Laton Alton Huffman's masterpiece "Deaf Bull" comes alive before your eyes. This striking portrayal captures the essence of an era long gone, showcasing the resilience and strength of its subjects. Edward S. Curtis' silver print "Absaroke Warrior on Horseback" transports us to early 20th-century Montana, where we witness a warrior astride his noble steed. The image exudes pride and valor, reflecting the spirit that defined these remarkable people. The majestic Yellowstone River winds its way through Absaroka Mountains, offering a picturesque backdrop for nature enthusiasts seeking solace amidst untouched beauty. On September 22nd, 2019, visitors were treated to an awe-inspiring sight that will forever remain etched in their memories. Uncover hidden stories within portraits like "Crow Indian Chief, " captured by an unknown artist between 1855 and 1865. This enigmatic figure represents leadership and wisdom ingrained deeply within Crow culture. Edward Sheriff Curtis continues his artistic exploration with "Fish Shows - Apsaroke. " Through this photograph taken in 1908, he immortalizes moments filled with joy as members of the tribe engage in traditional activities rooted in their heritage. Ramshorn Mountain stands tall against Wyoming's Badlands near Dubois—a testament to both nature's grandeur and human perseverance. Its rugged beauty serves as a reminder of how closely intertwined Absaroka is with its surroundings. Gaze upon untitled artwork from the 19th century—an invitation to unravel mysteries and interpret the untold stories hidden within brushstrokes.