"The Raiders" • 1907

"Home of the River Crow" • 1907

Richard Throssel • (1882-1933)

Richard Throssel was of Cree decent born in Marengo, Washington on September 18, 1882. In 1902 at the age of 20, he moved to the Crow Reservation in Montana, for the dry climate as he had rheumatism. He was adopted by the Crows and compiled a vast photographic census of the inhabitants. He also photographed the Northern Cheyenne ceremonies that were then prohibited by governmental regulation. He was elected to the Montana State Legislature for two terms in 1925 and 1927. His photographs remained mostly uncirculated and unpublished until the 1980’s.