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Water rite purification, Cheyenne animal dance.
Three Cheyenne dancers in ceremonial dress, bend towards water.
At the pool, animal dance--Cheyenne
Cheyenne people gathered along waterfront, some dipping hands in water, some carrying umbrellas.
On the Road
Family walking on highway, five children. Started from Idabel, Oklahoma. Bound for Krebs, Oklahoma. Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. In 1936 the father farmed on thirds and fourths at Eagleton, McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Was taken sick with pneumonia and…
Drought refugee children from Oklahoma near Shafter, California / Lange, for Resettlement Administration.
"This family of 7 were camped on a flat during the potato harvest, without tent, without water. Water from nearby service station at 5 cents per bucket."
Migrant children from Oklahoma on California highway
1 negative : nitrate ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller.
Drought-stricken farmer and family near Muskogee, Oklahoma. Agricultural day laborer. Muskogee County
1 negative : nitrate ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Abandoned farm of the western Panhandle, Cimmaron [i.e. Cimarron] County, Oklahoma
Abandoned farm of the western Panhandle, Cimmaron [i.e. Cimarron] County, Oklahoma. In 1934 and again in 1936 drought conditions in the Great Plains became so severe that it was necessary for the federal government to take steps to rescue dying…
