Camp in October
In 1896 Pittsburgh native Walter McClintock traveled west as a photographer for a federal commission investigating national forests.
He became friends with the expedition's Blackfoot Indian scout, William Jackson or Siksikakoan.
When the commission completed its field work, Siksikakoan introduced the photographer to the Blackfoot community of northwestern Montana.
Over the next 20 years, Walter McClintock made several thousand photographs of the Blackfoot.
He became friends with the expedition's Blackfoot Indian scout, William Jackson or Siksikakoan.
When the commission completed its field work, Siksikakoan introduced the photographer to the Blackfoot community of northwestern Montana.
Over the next 20 years, Walter McClintock made several thousand photographs of the Blackfoot.
Hunting camp at sunrise
Mountain camp on Cutbank headwaters of the Missouri
Onesta at tripod near tipi
Overlooking the camp
Prairie with flowers
Tipi in forest
Tipi in snow
Trees in Blackfoot country
Two Indians with dog in front of tipi on snowy prairie
Two tipis
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Yellow Bird (Otachkuipisan) watching the horse herd
Be welcome to check out the complete (1407!) uncropped and much larger collection.