Florence Pulford collection

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Florence Pulford collection

1993; 1968-1989; undated

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.027

The Florence Pulford collection includes both audio recordings and photographs that were made during the twenty years Pulford worked among Native American quilt makers in the 1970's and 1980's from Montana and the Dakotas. Quilt makers featured in this collection include; Ella First Kill Brown, Frances Weasel Woman Fox, Artie Crazy Bull, Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson and Regina Brave Bull.

722 Photographic prints; 458 Slides (photographs); 2580 Negatives (photographic); 65 Sound cassettes

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658181

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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Pulford, Florence

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62k73m8 (person)

Jackson, Almira Buffalo Bone, 1917-2004

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61w65pd (person)

Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson (born March 6, 1917-died April 7, 2004, Montana) was a member of the Red Bottom band of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and an incredible quilter. Almira made hundreds of quilts in her lifetime. Star quilts like this one were often gifts for family and friends or created to give away at social gatherings or to mark important events. Almira could create as many as two quilts in one week, but usually averaged closer to four quilts per month....