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Call Number	BS-4
Title	Chief Eagle
Creator(s)	Boos, Edward H.
Summary	Flathead Chief Eagle poses with a young girl on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. He wears a feather headdress and has strips of fur wrapped around his braids. He also has an otter sash across his chest and wears several beaded necklaces. A plaid breechcloth hangs from his waist. He holds a long spear, possibly a coup-stick, also wrapped in fur strips. A strap with bells on it is tied around his right leg. He and the young girl stand on a patterned blanket. The girl wears a beaded belt around her dress. She has her long hair in braids. An unidentified man lies on the ground inside the teepee in the left midground.
Date	[between 1905 and 1907?]
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger in Western History Department, Denver Public Library.; Words "Chief Eagle Ind - Flathead Biog - Chief Eagle" penciled on back of print.
Physical Description	1 photonegative : glass ; 18 x 13 cm. (7 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 17 x 12 cm. (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Subject	Salish Indians--1900-1910. Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Children--Montana--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Glass negatives.; Group portraits.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700150004
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00150004.tif

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