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Call Number	BS-38
Title	Chief Louison
Creator(s)	Boos, Edward H.
Summary	Flathead Chief Louison, a judge on the Flathead Indian Reservation court, poses on the reservation in western Montana. He wears a tall feather headdress, and his hair is in long braids. He holds a pipe tomahawk in his left arm. Long ermine fur tassles hang from his sleeves. Louison was known on the reservation for speaking out against the erosion of customs and traditions. He was also a participant in the U.S. Indian Congress in Omaha, October 1898.
Date	[between 1905 and 1907?]
Notes	Glass plate is masked with paper and dark red paint.; Title handwritten on back of photoprint.; R7001500388
Physical Description	1 photonegative : glass ; 18 x 1 3cm. (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--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900-1910. Louison, Salish Chief.
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.; Photographic prints.; Portrait photographs.; Imaged.; Image
Format-Medium	Photograph
Filename	00150038.tif