A family of Sheepaters (Tukudika) west of Yellowstone in 1871. The photograph was taken by William Henry Jackson who along with painter Thomas Moran created visual imagery that convinced Congress to set aside the lands of current day Yellowstone as a national park. This image was taken as Medicine Lodge Creek in Idaho. Much speculation swirls around when and how many different tribes spent time in the high elevation terrain of Yellowstone. Did indigenous people live there year round? Todd Burritt finds it strange that author Megan Kate Nelson spends more time referencing the Lakota in her book than she does the Sheepeaters, Crow and other tribes. Photo courtesy National Park Service.
A family of Sheepaters (Tukudika) west of Yellowstone in 1871. The photograph was taken by William Henry Jackson who along with painter Thomas Moran created visual imagery that convinced Congress to set aside the lands of current day Yellowstone as a national park. This image was taken as Medicine Lodge Creek in Idaho. Much speculation swirls around when and how many different tribes spent time in the high elevation terrain of Yellowstone. Did indigenous people live there year round? Todd Burritt finds it strange that author Megan Kate Nelson spends more time referencing the Lakota in her book than she does the Sheepeaters, Crow and other tribes. Photo courtesy National Park Service.