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'''John Two Guns White Calf''' (1872–1934) was a [[tribal_chief#United_States|chief]] of the [[Piegan Blackfeet]] in [[Montana]]. |
'''John Two Guns White Calf''' (1872–1934) was a [[tribal_chief#United_States|chief]] of the [[Piegan Blackfeet]] in [[Montana]]. |
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He became famous for his work promoting the [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]] for the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]].{{r|Graybill|p=222}} He claimed to be the model for the profile on the [[Indian head nickel]] but this is [[Buffalo_nickel#Design,_models,_and_name_controversy|disputed]] as the sculptor, [[James Earle Fraser (sculptor)|James Earle Fraser]], said this was a composite of several people.{{r|Bates|p=141}} |
He became famous for his work promoting the [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]] for the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]].{{r|Graybill|p=222}} He claimed to be the model for the profile on the [[Indian head nickel]] but this is [[Buffalo_nickel#Design,_models,_and_name_controversy|disputed]] as the sculptor, [[James Earle Fraser (sculptor)|James Earle Fraser]], said this was a composite of several people.{{r|Bates|p=141}} |
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Revision as of 09:20, 1 December 2020
John Two Guns White Calf (1872–1934) was a chief of the Piegan Blackfeet in Montana.
Life
He became famous for his work promoting the Glacier National Park for the Great Northern Railway.[1]: 222 He claimed to be the model for the profile on the Indian head nickel but this is disputed as the sculptor, James Earle Fraser, said this was a composite of several people.[2]: 141
References
- ^ Andrew R. Graybill (2013), The Red and the White: A Family Saga of the American West, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 9780871404459
- ^ Erica Margaret Bates (1999), Bruce Elliott Johansen (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History, Greenwood, ISBN 9780313306235
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