Paul and Petra Ratner made a film called Moses on the Mesa, which tells the true story of Solomon Bibo, the Jewish governor of the Native American tribe of Acoma in the days of the Wild West. And along the way (part of their quest for historical accuracy) they assembled a treasure trove of period photos of Indians, which they share on Facebook.
[Editor’s Parenthetical Thing] We are not like THOSE OTHER SITES WHO RUN
SHAMEFUL IMAGES SCRAPED FROM INSTAGRAM OF CATS WRAPPED IN BLANKETS. CAN YOU IMAGINE?! PEOPLE CALL THESE TORTURED, CONFINED KITTIES
PURRITOS!!!
[And the two preceding paragraphs have led up to this] Instead, POCHO chooses to run a few specific pictures we found on the
Moses page — stunning portraits of Indian babies in Indian baby carriers. Very Indian. Many papooses. Such cuteness. Wow.
[Additional Geeky Editor’s Note] Technically, “papoose” means baby, not the baby board. What you call a papoose IN a baby carrier is another issue altogether. 😉
Mas…Cutest historical Native American baby pics evah! (photos)