Where Indians got their paint before white traders came
A historical note on how Plains tribes sourced colors for face and body paint, describing yellow from distant yellow deposits, red from iron clay near Townsend, green from a Blackfoot south fork site, and black from northern petroleum-like deposits. It notes that younger Indians know little of these methods while elder women recall mixing, and explains painting as essential to ceremonies, war dances, and mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Flathead Lake
Western
Montana
Egypt
Peru
Mark Twain
Pizarro
Cortez
Duncan McDonald
Duncan
Pablo
Canada
Missoula County
Hudson Bay
Post Creek
Mission Valley
Old Post
Missouwa
Lolo Creek
Ettschu
Father Palladino
Etiku
Yellowstone
Washington
Louison
McDonald
Wolf Creek
Judith
Missouri
East Helena
Townsend
Mr. McDonald
South Fork
Lincoln Gulch
Ross’ Hole
Lewis and Clark
Big Hole
Frontier Magazine Highlights Bolles Narrative and Frontier Topics
Jason Bolles of Butte contributes a short piece on pioneers in the March Frontier. The magazine edited by H. G. Merriam at the State University, Missoula, includes the army and mining frontiers section edited by Raymond Welty. It features Tales and Legends of the Canadian Indians and railroad life notes, plus unpublished Joaquin Miller letters and a chapter from The Life of Sitting Bull by Stanley Vestal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jason Bolles
Butte
The
Frontier
Northwest
H. G. Merriam
State University
Missoula
Raymond Welty
West
Edmond du Perrier
Portland
du Perrier
Elsie Knnsely
Yakima
Wash
Spencer B. Lane
Loches River
Idaho
Joaquin Miller
Sitting Bull
Stanley Vestal
Purgatory
Montana
Many Coyotes Slain in Musselshell Forest District
Approximately 125 coyotes have been killed this winter in the Musselshell forest district per Ranger D. C. Morrison. The record high coyote kill reflects increased trapping amid unemployment. A $7.50 bounty is paid per coyote. Snow is light, with deep snows in remote ranges. Roughly 3,400 cattle and 24,390 sheep are to graze across the district for 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musselshell Forest District
D. C. Morrison
Great Falls
Musselshell County
Morrison
Musselshell
Martinsdale
W. B. Willey
Lewis and Clark
Hinsdale butcher contemplates Saco retail meat shop
May Open Butcher Shop near Hinsdale considers starting a retail meat business at Saco where no shop exists after the former establishment burned weeks ago. Windhorn, a longtime meat trader in North Dakota, previously ran independent markets before homesteading in Hinsdale. The Montana Seed Growers Association standardizes crops to at most three varieties and requires experimental proof a new variety is superior before listing it for use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
South Bench
Saco
Windhorn
North Dakota
The
Montana Seed Growers Association
The Indian’s color quest and our own facial bravado
A church organizer is as central as a crepe veil to our people. The piece compares the Indian’s pursuit of bright paint to modern whims and wonders aloud whether facial stripes could declare mood or save trouble, reflecting on risky ventures for unsubstantial gains.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Willegeue
Wea
A. L. Stone
School of Journalism
University of Montana
Missoulian
Dean Stone
Jocko
Big Sam
Corral
Mission Creek
Sin-yal-e-min
Duncan MacDonald
Angus MacDonald
Polytechnic College of Engineering
Oakland
California
Hk. Wess, Regie
Peerless
State Nursery & Seed Co
Frontier Magazine
Bolles
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