Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-11-28
BIackfeet Winter
Fair Attended By
Many Visitors
Best Dressed Isdiaa, Arayed
10 Typical BIsekfeet Costume,
Highlight Of Event Which
Is Staged Friday to Sunday


nighlight Of Event Which
Is Staged Friday to Sunday
The Blackfeet Winter Fair at
the Museum of the Plains Indian
last Friday through Sunday was
viewed by many people from
Browning and other sections of
the reservation with satisfaction
despite the inclement weather
that prevailed throughout tn e
period of the fair.
The large basement room Of
the museum was divided into
booths in which the various dis
tricts of the reservation displayed
their work. Nearly one thousand
pieces lined the walls of the
booths testifying to the the skill
and versatility of the Indian
crafts men and women on the
BIackfeet Reservation.
A hiRhlight of the fair occur
red near its close when awards
were made for the best dressed
Indiars, arrayed in typical Black
feet costume. The half circle of
handsome Indian men, women
and children dressed in their
colorful costumes tastefully de.
corated with variety of attrac.
tive ornaments made a most i'm.
pressive sight in the lobby of the
museum on Sunday afternoon.
The judges had great difficulty
in making a selection of award
winners from among the contest
ants. Final awards were made
as follows: Best Dressed Man
First, Adam Whiteman; Second,
Juniper Oldperson; Third. Rich.
ard SandervilIe. Best Dressed
Woman First, Mrs. Cecile
Black Boy; Second, Mrs. Wallace
Night Gun; Third. Mrs, Julia
Iron Pipe, Best Dressed Family
First MIR, and Mrs. Albert Mad
Plume; Second, Mr.. and Mrs
Wades.in-the. Water; Third, Mr..
and Mrs. Yellow Kidney.
Competition was also keen in
the competition for awards in
other classifications. The final
awards in various classes were
as follows:
Best old style Woman's Dress
Charles Iron Breasts entry,
first; Mrs. Wallace Night Gun,
second; Mrs. Yellow Kidney,
third. Honorable mention Mrs.
Sure Chief, Mary Ground, Mrs,
Evelyn Racine, Mrs. Wades in
the.Water, Mrs. Cecile Tail feath'
ers, and Mrs. Annie Sanderville
Best old style Mans Suit -Ag.
mes Mad Plumes entry, first;
Wades-in-the Water. second, and
Duckhead, third. Honorable men
tion-Reuben Black Boy, yellow
Kidney, Turtle, Joe Iron Pipe,
Richard Sanderville, and SECOND
Duckhead entry.
Best Childs Dress (old style)
Annie Howard. first; Annie
Sanderville. second; Sarah Ronsa
third. Honorable Mention-Fan
ME Home Gun, Mary Little Bull
Kate Home Gun, and Juniper
Old Person.
Best old st lyle Headdress-
Turtle, first; Julia Wades.in-th'
Water, second, and another entry
of Julia Wades-in-the- Water
third, Honorable Mention
Duckhead, Peter Butterfly, Agnes
Mad Plume, Chester Morgan
John Ground and Juniper OK
Person.
Best old Moccasins-Cheste
Morgan, first; Mrs George Croft
second; Irene Deveraux, third
Honorable Mention-Julia Wades
in-the. Water, Bull Plume a n
Good Leader Sure Chief.
Best ceremonial Costume
Louis Bear Child's Crazy Do
Society costume. first; Turtle
medicine shirt. second; B J.
Shoots bear headdress. third
Honorable Mention-Agnes Ma
Plume's otter headress.
BEST Ceremonial Objects
Duckhead's blackstone carve
nine. first; William Spanish, 3 cal
we'd blackstone pipe. second; 10
Magee's drum. third. Honorabl
acknowledgements bundle