Details

Collection: 2000-P-012 - Black Bear Hidatsa Fish Trap
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00002
Title: Black Bear closing the gate of the Hidatsa Fish trap Russell Reid photo
Red ID: PH_I_126419 Image ID: 58719 Image Notes: 2000-P-012-00002

Collection: 2000-P-012 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Black Bear Hidatsa Fish Trap
Date: Circa 1925

Summary: Four photographs, taken by Russell Reid, showing the operation of a Hidatsa Fish Trap by Black Bear (Hidatsa). Fish trap was made by Black Bear (Hidatsa) and sold for $50 in August 1929 to the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND 4370).

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