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Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0673-00001
Title: Martin Cross, Three Affiliated Tribal Chairman, Elbowoods (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1952
Summary: Martin Cross poses for a portrait wearing a hat, beaded vest and tie with a horseshoe and flowers motif. Martin Old Dog Cross was the son of Old Dog, a former Hidatsa Chief. He served as chair of the Three Affiliated Tribes from 1944 to 1946, and from 1950-1956. During the years that he fought the building of Garrison Dam and demanded that Congress treat the people of Fort Berthold fairly, he helped to organize the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). The NCAI gave American Indian tribes greater political power through a unified voice.
Red ID: PH_I_90846 Image ID: 49523 Image Notes: B0673-00001

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0673-00001
Title: Martin Cross, Three Affiliated Tribal Chairman, Elbowoods (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1952
Summary: Martin Cross poses for a portrait wearing a hat, beaded vest and tie with a horseshoe and flowers motif. Martin Old Dog Cross was the son of Old Dog, a former Hidatsa Chief. He served as chair of the Three Affiliated Tribes from 1944 to 1946, and from 1950-1956. During the years that he fought the building of Garrison Dam and demanded that Congress treat the people of Fort Berthold fairly, he helped to organize the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). The NCAI gave American Indian tribes greater political power through a unified voice.
Red ID: PH_I_90846 Image ID: 49524 Image Notes: B0673-00001-back

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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