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Description
Photographic print, dated November 1, 1946, depicts the town of Elbowoods, North Dakota from a ground view. In the foreground is a sign that says “No. 32.” The town is in the background. To the left is a barn on a side road. In the center and to the right are several houses and leafless trees. There is a road on the right side of the photograph. There are two water towers and power lines. The area pictured here was flooded upon completion of the Garrison Dam.
Original print housed at the National Archives Catalogue in Kansas City, Missouri in the “Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs” group. The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation are noted as “subjects represented” in the collection. National Archives identifier number: 45640862; Local Identifier: 75-FB-196.
Publication Date
11-1-1946
Source
Digital file courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/45640856#.Yh57NR_moKw.link
Keywords
Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, Elbowoods, Garrison Dam, Garrison Diversion, Garrison Reservoir, flood, photograph, photo, picture
Organizations Referenced
Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan, Nueta, Hidatsa, Arikara, Sahnish, US Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Department of the Interior
Disciplines
American Politics | Indigenous, Indian, and Aboriginal Law | Indigenous Studies | Law and Politics | Native American Studies | United States History
Recommended Citation
United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Present Lands: View of Elbowoods #32, 1946, photograph, US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, https://commons.und.edu/indigenous-gov-docs/48/
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