Bitterroot Jim (also known as "The Dog"), a Native American man on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana, poses on a horse in front of a teepee on the reservation. He wears a patterned scarf tied around his forehead and has part of his hair in braids. He wears a plaid shirt, and his thighs are bare. Numerous items are tied to the horses reins. An unidentified man stands in the left foreground holding the horse's tail with his left hand. He also wears a long, ; plaid shirt and striped pants. A woman stands near the entrance to the teepee. She wears a scarf tied around her forehead and a patterned dress with a beaded belt around her waist.
Date
[between 1905 and 1907?]
Notes
Image also identified as "F40279."; Title handwritten on back of vintage photoprint with photographer's imprint reading "Boos Pictures Missoula, Montana Trade mark" in lower right corner.; Words "Ngalgniman Nhokosmichenshin (Bigger Dog)" and "(Bitterroot Jim - Sapiel Pierre)" also penciled on back of photoprint.; R7001501287
Physical Description
1 photoprint ; 12 x 17 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Subject
Salish Indians--1900-1910.; Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)--1900-1910.; Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--Montana--1900- 1910.; Bitterroot Jim.
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
Group portraits.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
