Walter McClintock (1870–1949) was an American photographer, writer, and ethnologist best known for documenting the culture and traditions of the Blackfeet (Niitsitapi) people. Beginning in the late 19th century, he spent years living among the Blackfeet in Montana, where he was adopted into the tribe and given the name “White Weasel Moccasin.”
McClintock’s photos captured portraits, ceremonies, and everyday life, preserving invaluable visual records of Native American heritage during a period of rapid cultural change. In addition to his photography, he published books and articles that combined ethnographic study with a deep respect for the people he lived with.
Today, his work is regarded as an important historical archive, offering both artistic and anthropological insight into early 20th-century Native American life. Below is a collection of powerful photos taken by Walter McClintock, documenting the traditions of the Blackfeet people.
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| Blackfeet inner-circle |
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| Black buffalo tipi |
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| Blackfeet tribal camp with grazing horses |
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| Blackfeet war tipi |
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| Blue tipi, or home of the thunder |
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| Buffalo rock tipi |
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| Buffalo tipi on left, snake tipi on right, star tipi in back center |
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| Buffalo-Head-Tipi at right |
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| Crow tipi |
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| Deer tipi of Short Robe |
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| Givers of the Sun Dance seated behind the altar |
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| Horse tipi on left, snake tipi, antelope, and sinter tipis |
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| Horses in a field |
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| Indian tipi with packhorse feeding on grasses |
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| Large tipis in Blackfeet inner-circle |
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| McClintock's horse (Kutenai) |
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| Mountain sheep tipi |
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| Otter tipi with otter skin fastened to a pole at the top |
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| Otter tipi |
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| Rainbow tipi of Head Carrier |
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| Raven tipi of Lone Chief |
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| Red stripe tipi and the thunder tipi |
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| Star tipi with woman in the doorway |
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| Thunder tipi of Brings-Down-The-Sun with granddaughter of the old medicine man in the doorway |
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| Thunder tipi of Cream Antelope |
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| Thunder tipi |
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| Tipi at sunset |
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| Tipi camped on Swan Lake |
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| Tipi glowing with light from its inside fire |
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| Tribal camp of the Blackfeet Indians with Indian scout in the foreground |
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| Tribal camp of the Blackfeet Indians |
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| Tribal camp of the Blackfeet Indians |
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| Two men, one wrapped in an American flag |
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| Water monster tipi on left, red painted tipi at right |
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| Wife of Running Fisher setting up eagletTipi |
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| William Jackson/Little Blackfeet on white horse |
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| Woman and girl seated on the grass |
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| Woman chopping firewood, eagle tipi in foreground, star tipi on left |
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