Portraits and daily life

sova.nmai.ac.108_ref509

Extent: 112 Glass plate negatives; 46 Photographic prints; 8 Acetate negatives

Type: Archival materials; Glass plate negatives; Photographic prints; Acetate negatives

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Fred E. Miller photograph collection, NMAI.AC.108, Catalog #. National Museum of the American Indian Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.; Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Scope and Contents: This series contains 166 photographs (120 negatives and 46 prints, plus copy negatives and contact prints) that were shot by Fred E. Miller circa 1898-1910. The photographs depict portraits of Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) individuals and families; encampments on the reservation in Montana; and scenes depicting daily life, such as gathering water and activities such as gambling games.

Collection Restrictions: Access is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment.

NMAI.AC.108_ref509

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NMAI.AC.108

NMAIA

Fred E. Miller photograph collection

Photographer

Miller, Fred E., 1868-1936

Summary

This collection contains photographs depicting Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) people on the reservation in Montana. The photographs were shot by Fred E. Miller, a Bureau of Indian Affairs clerk circa 1898-1910.