John Two Guns White Calf

Portrait of Two Guns White Calf

John Two Guns White Calf (1872–1934) was a chief of the Piegan Blackfeet in Montana.

Life[]

He became famous for his work promoting the Glacier National Park for the Great Northern Railway.^[1]^: 222 He claimed to be the model for the profile on the Indian head nickel but this is disputed as the sculptor, James Earle Fraser, said this was a composite of several people.^[2]^: 141

References[]

^ Andrew R. Graybill (2013), The Red and the White: A Family Saga of the American West, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 9780871404459
^ Erica Margaret Bates (1999), Bruce Elliott Johansen (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History, Greenwood, ISBN 9780313306235

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[Graybill-1] Andrew R. Graybill (2013), The Red and the White: A Family Saga of the American West, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 9780871404459

[Bates-2] Erica Margaret Bates (1999), Bruce Elliott Johansen (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Native American Economic History, Greenwood, ISBN 9780313306235

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