Evening in the Cree camp near Timbered butte
A desolate night scene unfolds near an encampment south of Butte as an aged matron and her tribal family await the arrival of two daughters from the East. A dog senses danger and the sisters Kate and May approach, recognizing their mother in an uneasy reunion amid rumors of graduation and a rugged frontier life.
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Butte
Columbia Gardens
Etty
Hell Devil Creek
Timbered Butte
May
Kate
Indian Girl Graduates Return Home To Struggle And Feast
Two Indian girls return to their prairie home after years at boarding school in the East. They find their father sleeping, a mother serving improvised meals from aged provisions, and the family reuniting amid rustic hardship. The scene ends with Kate and May posing before their father’s tent, a kodak moment amid relief and hunger.
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Kate
Washington
Martas
May
Lummis Home in California Showcases Indian Art and Life
A feature on Charles F. Lummis and his desert home near Los Angeles reveals a bricklike pile of cobblestones forming walls around a stone courtyard and a sycamore tree. Inside, Lummis’s turret studio holds Indian artifacts, rustic furnishings, and a rare mix of modern tech and antique craft as he pursues writing and activism for Native peoples.
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Los Angeles
Pasadena
Sonora
Charles F. Lummis
Out West
the Land of Sunshine
Mr. Lummis
Charles Lummis
M. Lukrmia
Central
Connecticut
Peru
Madrid
Joan de Soto
Lummis
de Soto
Mississippi River
Bolivia
Pueblo
Mexico
Curios
Geles
Laltimore
California
Chillicothe
Ohio
Times
Dorothea Moore
San Francisco
Warner Ranch
San Jacinto
Washington
Supreme Court
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New York Times
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F. Lummis
Los' Angeles
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