#crowfoot

Eoro Jarnefelt

Eero Järnefelt (1863-1937, Finnish) ~ Pond Water Crowfoot, 1895

Cursed Crowfoot Ranunculus sceleratus Ranunculaceae (Buttercup) Family

[image description: gifset stacked horizontally. The first gif features five Plains Native horsemen galloping down a hill and bearing weapons, with a text overlay which reads, “1873, Chief Crowfoot’s son is killed during a raid on a Cree camp, causing Crowfoot to swear to avenge him. During a raid on a Cree camp sometime later, Crowfoot captures a young Cree man with a striking resemblance to his son. Crowfoot adopts the young man and gives him the name of his dead son, ‘Wolf thin legs’. The young man he adopted was Poundmaker, who became Chief once returned to his band. This adoption led to better relations between the Blackfoot and Cree”.

The second gif shows three Native men in a tipi, speaking to each other with intense gazes. They each have a feather in their hair. The text on top reads, “1876, Because of the bison shortage, Crowfoot moves south into Oceti Sakowin territory. While there, Chief Sitting Bull meets with Crowfoot and invites him to combine forces to war with both the U.S Calvary and the Northwest Mounted police, which Crowfoot declines, and the two leave on bad terms.“

The last gif depicts two scenes edited together. On the left is an adolescent boy with brown skin and dark hair with twin braids. On the right is an older Native man sitting on the grass, with his hair in braids and wrapped in fur, looking pensively. The text reads, “Exiled into Canada after the Battle of Little Big Horn, Crowfoot realizes Sitting Bull and his people arrived as refugees. Wanting to make amends, Sitting Bull offered tobacco to Crowfoot, who gladly accepted. Sitting Bull was so impressed with him that he named his son after him”. end description.]