April 1932 Calendar

All we know about Buffalo Body is that he was born in 1879, which makes him fairly young compared with the subjects of the previous two portraits. He was probably under 50 years old when this painting was made.

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Appropriate for his name, he is wearing buffalo horns. Although the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana is right next to Glacier National Park, most Blackfeet actually lived in Alberta. Many from both countries came to Glacier to earn money from the railroad greeting passengers and sitting for their portraits.


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