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Piegan Blackfeet Collection

Edward S. Curtis's iconic photographs offer a glimpse into the lives of the Piikani (Piegan) Blackfeet people during the early 1900s

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Aims Back, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Aims Back, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Aims Back, 1910. Photograph shows Aims Back with woman, both in traditional dress, standing outside of tipi

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Yellow Kidney, Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Yellow Kidney, Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yellow Kidney, Piegan, c1910. Yellow Kidney, Piegan man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing a fur headdress

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Mike Shortman, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Mike Shortman, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mike Shortman, c1910. Piegan man, half-length portrait, facing right

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front... c1910

Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front... c1910
Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim, c1910

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Reuben Black Boy, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Reuben Black Boy, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Reuben Black Boy, c1910. Reuben Black Boy, half-length portrait, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Crow chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

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

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Piegan man and woman, possibly husband and wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Wild Gun, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Wild Gun, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wild Gun, c1910. Three-quarter length portrait of Piegan family

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Joe Russell, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Joe Russell, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Joe Russell, c1910. Piegan man and woman standing in open prairie

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Two Kill, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Two Kill, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Kill, c1910. Piegan woman, full-length portrait, seated on blankets inside tipi(?), facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Running Owl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Running Owl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Running Owl, c1910. Running Owl, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Running Owl's daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Running Owl's daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Running Owl's daughter, c1910. Young Piegan girl, full-length portrait, wearing dress decorated with elk teeth, sitting on open ground, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Mountain Chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Mountain Chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mountain Chief, 1910. Photograph shows Mountain Chief, wrapped in Buffalo hide, standing outside of tipi

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Morning Eagle, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Morning Eagle, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Morning Eagle, c1910. Elderly Piegan man, half-length portrait, wrapped in blanket, seated on horse, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Weasel Tail-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Weasel Tail-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Weasel Tail-Piegan, c1900. Weasel Tail, half-length portrait, facing front, holding tomahawk

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Strikes Back, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Strikes Back, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Strikes Back, 1910. Photograph shows Strikes Back, wearing traidtional clothing, sitting in grassy area

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Spotted Eagle's wife, 1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Spotted Eagle's wife, 1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Spotted Eagle's wife, 1907. Photograph shows full-length portrait of Spotted Eagle's wife, facing front, standing, wearing traditional clothing

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Iron Breast-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Iron Breast-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Iron Breast-Piegan, c1900. Iron Breast, full-length portrait of a Piegan man, standing, wearing war bonnet, holding tomahawk and animal pelt draped over his arm

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Piegan woman, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Piegan woman, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Piegan woman, c1910. Piegan woman, half-length portrait, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Substitute sacred head-dress-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Substitute sacred head-dress-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Substitute sacred head-dress-Piegan, c1910. Piegan woman, half-length portrait, seated, facing front, wearing headdress made of ermine tails, feathers, and bunches of grass

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Piegan encampment, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Piegan encampment, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Piegan encampment, c1900. Tepees with mountains in background

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Medicine bags, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Medicine bags, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Medicine bags, c1910. Four Piegan fringed leather containers hung on tripod

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Bird Rattle, 1909, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Bird Rattle, 1909, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bird Rattle, 1909, c1910. Half-length portrait of Indian man, facing front, wearing beaded buckskin shirt, one feather, and loop necklace

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Piegan scout, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Piegan scout, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Piegan scout, c1910. Piegan man stands with open prairie behind him

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Flint Smoker's daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Flint Smoker's daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Flint Smoker's daughter, c1910. Piegan woman seated on ground in open field

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Spotted Eagle, Heavy Gun, and Robert Calf Robe, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Spotted Eagle, Heavy Gun, and Robert Calf Robe, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Spotted Eagle, Heavy Gun, and Robert Calf Robe, c1910

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Little Plume's daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Little Plume's daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Little Plume's daughter, c1910. Two young Piegan women seated in tall grass

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Crow Chief's Daughter, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

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

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: At the water's edge-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

At the water's edge-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
At the water's edge-Piegan, c1910. Photo shows two tepees reflected in water of pond, with four Piegan Indians seated in front of one tepee

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Piegan war-bonnet and coup-stick, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Piegan war-bonnet and coup-stick, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Piegan war-bonnet and coup-stick, c1910. Piegan man, half-length portrait, dressed in war bonnet and holding a feathered coup-stick, facing front

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Overlooking the camp-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Overlooking the camp-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Overlooking the camp-Piegan, c1910. One man and two women, seated on hill, facing right

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Day dreams-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Day dreams-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Day dreams-Piegan, c1910. Young Piegan Indian woman, wearing beaded dress, seated on hill

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Grizzly Bear, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front, c1910

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Three Piegan Indians and four horses on hill above river, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Three Piegan Indians and four horses on hill above river, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Three Piegan Indians and four horses on hill above river, c1910

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Goldenrod meadows-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Goldenrod meadows-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Goldenrod meadows-Piegan, c1910. Two girls standing in a field of goldenrod

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Wife of Weasel Head-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Wife of Weasel Head-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Weasel Head-Piegan, c1910. Piegan woman, half-length portrait, facing right

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: An idle hour, Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

An idle hour, Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
An idle hour, Piegan, c1910. Photograph shows two Piegan Indians sitting on grassy area above a body of water

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: The three chiefs-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The three chiefs-Piegan, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The three chiefs-Piegan, c1900. Three Piegan men on horseback in open grassland near pond

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Good Stab, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Good Stab, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Good Stab, 1910. Photograph shows Good Stab, with braided hair, wearing traditional clothing, sitting in grassy area

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Bull Shoe's children, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Bull Shoe's children, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bull Shoe's children, c1910. Two girls, full-length, seated, facing front, with loose hair, one wearing buckskin dress decorated with elks teeth, one wearing beaded cloth dress

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: A medicine pipe-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A medicine pipe-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A medicine pipe-Piegan, c1910. Piegan man, full-length portrait, kneeling on right knee, facing front, holding medicine pipe

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Reuben Black Boy and family, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Reuben Black Boy and family, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Reuben Black Boy and family, c1910. Half-length portrait of Piegan family

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Big Mouth Spring, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Big Mouth Spring, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Big Mouth Spring, c1910. Big Mouth Spring, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing right, braids, one feather, beaded buckskin shirt, decorated scalp lock on right shoulder

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: New Chest-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

New Chest-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
New Chest-Piegan, c1910. New Chest, half-length portrait, facing forward

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: Lodge interior-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Lodge interior-Piegan, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lodge interior-Piegan, c1910. Little Plume (r) and son Yellow Kidney (c) seated on ground inside tipi, with woman

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: In a Piegan lodge, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

In a Piegan lodge, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In a Piegan lodge, c1910. Little Plume and son Yellow Kidney seated on ground inside lodge, pipe between them

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: In a Piegan lodge, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

In a Piegan lodge, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In a Piegan lodge, c1910. Little Plume and son Yellow Kidney seated on ground inside lodge, pipe between them

Background imagePiegan Blackfeet Collection: A child's lodge, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A child's lodge, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A child's lodge, c1910. Piegan girl standing outside small tipi



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Edward S. Curtis's iconic photographs offer a glimpse into the lives of the Piikani (Piegan) Blackfeet people during the early 1900s. In these images, we see the resilience and diversity of this Native American tribe, from the solemn gaze of a Crow chief (1910) to the playful expression of a young girl, Running Owl's daughter (1910). We also witness moments of daily life, such as Mike Shortman (1910) tending to his horse or Reuben Black Boy (1910) holding a yellow kidney, a traditional food source. The Piikani people, who once roamed the vast plains of the northern Great Plains, are depicted here with a sense of dignity and strength. Aims Back (1910), a Piikani man, looks introspectively into the distance, while Tearing Lodge and his wife (1910) share a moment of intimacy. Wild Gun (1910) and Two Kill (1910) embody the warrior spirit of the Piikani people, while Joe Russell (1910) exudes a quiet confidence. These powerful images, captured by Curtis in the year 1910, serve as a testament to the rich cultural heritage of the Piikani Blackfeet Nation.