Frances Densmore
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Frances Theresa Densmore was an American anthropologist and ethnographer from Minnesota. Densmore studied Native American music and culture, and in modern terms, she may be described as an ethnomusico
Frances Densmore
Densmore with Blackfoot chief, Mountain Chief, during a 1916 phonograph recording session for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Mountain Chief
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Mountain Chief was a South Piegan warrior of the Blackfoot Tribe. Mountain Chief was also called Big Brave and adopted the name Frank Mountain Chief. Mountain Chief was involved in the 1870 Marias Mas
Frances Densmore
…Densmore studied Native American music and culture, and in modern terms, she may be described as an ethnomusicologist. Densmore with Blackfoot chief, Mountain Chief, during a 1916 phonograph recording session for the Bureau of American Ethnology. Life and Works Densmore was born on May 21, 1867, in Red Wing…
Mountain Chief at the Indian Congress of 1898
Mountain Chief (rear left) and other Piegan Blackfeet at the Indian Congress in 1898. Photograph by Frank Rinehart.
Elk-skin robe with painted decoration by Mountain Chief