Joe Scheuerle and His Remarkable Indian Gallery
Title:
OLD COYOTE, CREE
Artist:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Medium:
Watercolor/Gouache
Date:
1912
Source:
Nippert Collection of Joseph Scheuerle Portraits, donated by Alfred K., Jr. and Kathye H. Nippert
Object ID:
2016.71.23
Description:
Scheuerle noted, "Old coyote is one of chief Rocky Boy's band of renegade Crees and Chippewas, that crossed the border from Canada after the Riel Rebellion of 1885 and are living now at Ft. Belknap Mont. - there are about 200 of them - I had a hard time finding out his name, someone standing bye [sic] with a grin said - him Old Coyote."
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Painting, Old Coyote, Cree, 2016.71.23 (front)Painting, Old Coyote, Cree, 2016.71.23 (front)
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