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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐨🎉- 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Robert De Niro was born on August 1943, in New York City, into an artistic family. He began his career in the 1960s and rose to prominence with roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Mean Streets (1973), and especially The Godfather Part II (1974), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to impress with Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980 – Best Actor Oscar), Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Beyond acting, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, the global Nobu restaurant chain, and is a vocal advocate for social justice, arts education, and climate action. With over 60 years of dedication, De Niro stands as a living icon of cinematic excellence and civic responsibility.
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𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐫𝐨🎉- 𝐀 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
Robert De Niro was born on August 1943, in New York City, into an artistic family. He began his career in the 1960s and rose to prominence with roles in Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Mean Streets (1973), and especially The Godfather Part II (1974), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to impress with Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980 – Best Actor Oscar), Goodfellas, Casino, Heat, The Irishman (2019), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Beyond acting, he co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, the global Nobu restaurant chain, and is a vocal advocate for social justice, arts education, and climate action. With over 60 years of dedication, De Niro stands as a living icon of cinematic excellence and civic responsibility.
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Also known as the Copper River Inuit, the Copper Inuit homeland is primarily in the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic.

Ongotoya (Solitary Traveler) and son. Kiowa. 1892

🎉 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 🎉 – 𝐀 𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐩-𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞

Taboo Nawasha (Jaime Luis Gomez) was born on July 14, 1975, in Los Angeles. Rising to fame as the dynamic emcee of the Black Eyed Peas, he powered hits like “Where Is the Love?” and “My Humps” on Grammy-winning albums Elephunk and Monkey Business, redefining early-2000s pop and hip-hop.

Beyond the stage, Taboo’s 2016 anthem “Stand Up / Stand N Rock” earned a Native American Music Award for its solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. As an ambassador for health, education, and indigenous rights, he mentors youth and champions cultural preservation—continuing to inspire a new generation of artists.
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Q: Why so few smiles in early photos?

A: CUSTER’S CROW SCOUT Goes Ahead (a/k/a Boy in the Water) had a grin when Frank J. Haynes made the portrait in 1883, seven years after the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Eastern Montana. The pompadour comb-back was common among Crow warriors. The expandable armbands were made of German silver or perhaps brass. Some question Haynes’ identification of the man.

Smiles among Anglos and Europeans were rarely seen in early paintings or photographs. Painted portraits had been costly, formal, and serious. Photography developed under that stern influence.

Early portraits required costly visits to a professional photographer in a studio. Initially, exposure times were so long that it was impossible to hold a smile for the duration.

Among the White population, big smiles were associated with lewdness, drunkenness, and insanity. Mark Twain explained: “A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.”

When Kodak mass-produced cheap Brownie cameras in the early 1900s, photography became more widespread, more informal. Affordable cameras began having faster shutters. With each decade, a larger percentage of people would display smiles. Text and digital restoration of photo by Gary Coffrin.

🌿 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐃𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 – 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫
Chief Dan George (born Geswanouth Slahoot, July 24, 1899 – Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Canada) was a remarkable actor, poet, writer, and spiritual leader of Indigenous heritage.
He rose to fame with his unforgettable role as Old Lodge Skins in Little Big Man (1970), earning him an Oscar nomination – the first ever for an Indigenous Canadian actor.
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The mighty YELLOWSTONE RIVER is the longest undammed river in the USA’s 48 contiguous states. Circa 1910, Johnny Breum took the photo near Fallon in Eastern Montana. Starting high in the mountains of Yellowstone National Park, the river flows uninterrupted for 700 miles until it meets up with the Missouri River near Williston, ND. The bluffs with colorful striations always instill feelings of home for this lad.

East of Billings, the Yellowstone is joined by the Bighorn River. Downriver, it is joined by the Tongue at Miles City, and then 35 miles further east by the Powder River. The region around the Big Horn, Powder, and Tongue rivers was the traditional summer hunting grounds for the Lakota Sioux, Crow, Cheyenne, and Cree. The Northern Pacific Railroad completed its path along the Yellowstone River in 1883. Text and digital sharpening of photo by Gary Coffrin.

THE HONYOCKER, 1902, by L.A. Huffman. Honyocker, of German derivation, was the cattlemen’s derogatory term for a homesteader who fenced the land and turned the grass “wrong side up.” Not a tree could be seen. Wind was blowing the horses’ tails. Unusual for the era, but typical for the Miles City lensman, this was an action shot: No stopping, no facing the camera. The dog was nearer the camera, in front of the dust.

L.A. Huffman photographed George Wilsey and his four-horse team near Wing, ND. The photo was likely from Huffman’s 1902 travels with historian O.D. Wheeler, who retraced the Lewis and Clark Trail and published a pictorial history showing the changes over 100 years.

I consider this the perfect framing of the working man at his solitary task. Commentary and digital, small-file restoration of photo by Gary Coffrin. As always, I hope PC users will click image to enlarge/clarify.

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It’s important to note that the Northern Plains tribes had no concept of individual ownership of land. Conflicts among tribes occurred over territorial control, but privatization of land ownership was a foreign concept.

The full(!) title of Wheeler's two-volume history was: "The Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904: A Story of the Great Exploration Across the Continent in 1804-6; With a Description of the Old Trail, Based Upon Actual Travel Over It, and of the Changes Found a Century Later."

SNUBBING POST, 1939. Toward the center of the breaking pen was the snubbing post. After roping and snubbing the horse, the next step was to acclimate the horse to the halter. Later, the horse was led around the pen, initially with the trainer facing the horse. Next, the horse was saddled and allowed to become accustomed to the weight before a rider mounted. Photojournalist Arthur Rothstein documented horse training at Quarter Circle U Ranch in Birney, 90 miles SSW of Miles City in Eastern Montana. The photo below was at the end of a day-long process.

The ranch and other outfits in the area ran dude operations during the great depression. City folks paid their hosts for lodging and meals, and performed some chores on the ranch. PC users, click photo to enlarge. Note the fence construction. Text and digital sharpening of photo by Gary Coffrin.