Chief Eagle Calf
Photographic postcard
Photographer unknown,
Montana, circa 1920
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From the National Cowboy Museum:
In the 1920s, when access to Glacier National
Park was primarily by train, a group of Blackfeet Indian “chiefs”
would greet new arrivals and offer to sell photographic postcards
of themselves. “Chief” Eagle Calf (John Ground) was
part of this group. The postcards sold for a nominal price and could
be autographed for an additional cost, which is the case with this
card. The first pictograph symbol is the sign for chief or man,
the second means eagle, and the third is calf, thus Chief Eagle
Calf. Our thanks to Lyle J. Heavyrunner, grandson of John Ground
(Chief Eagle Calf), for this translation. |
