Chief of the Blood Indians, Wonderful Small Ink and Watercolor Portrait turned wood ladle and fairly rusty

and fairly rusty

but he came from Pennsylvania

I must say that I have yet to come across another who looks so kind

” is one of my very favorites

I'm not entirely sure if they were a combined set to begin with or came together at some later point

Chief of the Blood Indians, Wonderful Small Ink and Watercolor Portrait turned wood ladle and fairly rustyI haven't done enough research to know exactly which Native American chief is portrayed in this wonderfully expressive small ink and watercolor drawing painting, but do know that "Blood Indians" refers to the Kainai, or Knawa of southern Alberta, Canada, one of three nations (along with the Siksika and Peigan) comprising the Blackfoot Confederacy. It seems possible that this portrait is of Mi'k ai'stoowa (Red Crow), who signed Treaty 7, an agreement