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The Bigger Picture

This Photo Isn’t What It Looks Like

Unravel the mystery behind an iconic photograph of Blackfeet tribe leader Mountain Chief.

09/20/2022 | Rating NR

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The Bigger Picture

This Photo Isn’t What It Looks Like

Episode 4 | 11m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

Unravel the mystery behind an iconic photograph of Blackfeet tribe leader Mountain Chief.

Host Vincent Brown challenges a common assumption about a photo of ethnographer Frances Densmore and Piegan Blackfeet tribe leader Mountain Chief: that Densmore is recording a “dying culture.” Brown visits the Library of Congress to hear an original recording of Mountain Chief and travels to Montana to discuss the vitality of Blackfeet culture today with artist and teacher Jesse DesRosier.

09/20/2022 | Rating NR

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Major funding for THE BIGGER PICTURE was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional funding was provided by the Anderson Family Charitable Fund, the Tamara L. Harris Foundation,...

The Bigger Picture

This Photo Isn’t What It Looks Like

Episode 4 | 11m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

Host Vincent Brown challenges a common assumption about a photo of ethnographer Frances Densmore and Piegan Blackfeet tribe leader Mountain Chief: that Densmore is recording a “dying culture.” Brown visits the Library of Congress to hear an original recording of Mountain Chief and travels to Montana to discuss the vitality of Blackfeet culture today with artist and teacher Jesse DesRosier.

09/20/2022 | Rating NR

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