[Chief Turtle giving his interpretation of the Indians' storm dance, just before the rain came down in torrents, at the Indian celebration in Two Medicine Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana] – Vintage Print
![[Chief Turtle giving his interpretation of the Indians' storm dance, just before the rain came down in torrents, at the Indian celebration in Two Medicine Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana], c1920. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/234f38dddf89-L.webp)
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[Chief Turtle giving his interpretation of the Indians' storm dance, just before the rain came down in torrents, at the Indian celebration in Two Medicine Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Chief Turtle giving his interpretation of the Indians' storm dance, just before the rain came down in torrents, at the Indian celebration in Two Medicine Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana]
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A man identified as Chief Turtle is shown explaining the meaning of a storm dance at an Indian celebration in Two Medicine Valley, in what is now Glacier National Park in Montana, just before heavy rain broke over the gathering. The picture comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, a body of news photographs made for newspapers in the early twentieth century, and it reflects the period's wide public interest in Native ceremonies, some of which were arranged for visitors to the park's growing tourist trade. Its subject headings also name the clothing and dress of the participants, details worth studying closely.
| Created / published | c1920. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920. |
| Notes | George Grantham Bain Collection. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Montana--Dance--1920. Indians of North America--Montana--Clothing & dress--1920. Rain dances. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,154 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164180 |
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