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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 22, 2020
Caption: The Little Shell Chippewa Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (bottom left) Chief Little Shell, front left, poses with full-blood members of the Little Shell Council of Penbian Chippewa, C. 1890.; Chief Little Shell, 3rd from the left, front, poses with mixed-blood (Métis) members of the Little Shell Council of Pembian Chippewa; c. 1890.; (map, center) Little Shell Historical Movements.; (bottom center) Tribal Vice-Chairman, James Parker Shield (right) helped lead the modern-day campaign to gain government recognition and a homeland for the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe. In 2007, the State of Montana responded by recognizing the Little Shell and granting the tribe a small land-base at Morony State Park (background and right photos), about 28 miles southwest fo here near Great Falls.; (right edge) Chief Thomas Little Shell, c. 1890.
Submitted: December 2, 2020, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p553859
File Size: 3.391 Megabytes

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