"Waiting for Gabriel's trumpet" Indian burial, Crow, Montana, near Pryor
Summary
A covered casket (?) sits atop a wooden burial platform on a hilltop, possibly on the Native American Crow Reservation in Montana. Signs of frost line the securing ropes and platform poles.
Date
1900
Notes
Condition: Photoprint has faded.; Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100312199
Description
1 photoprint ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.)
Subject
Crow Indians--Social life--Montana--1890-1900.; Indians of North America--Montana--1890-1900.; Scaffold burial--Montana--1890-1900.
Source
Source: Mrs. Louise Stegner
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
