Lazy Boy (Pah-kops-co-map), chief of the Piegan Blackfeet tribe in Montana, 1914

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This photo of Lazy Boy was taken by the news photo studio Harris & Ewing, and appeared in quite a few newspapers and numerous articles in the year 1914. One of them announced him becoming an Honorary member of the “Adventurers Club” — quoting the article it was “an organization consisting of well-known war correspondents, military men and scientists. Teddy Roosevelt and Lazy boy were the only two honorary members. Lazy Boy’s qualifications embrace adventures in many battles against the other Indian tribes.”

The Kansas City Sun describes one of his adventures:

“...the one incident he rested his laurels upon was a night attack by himself, his brother, and two Indian companions upon a band of 200 Crows in 1876. They crawled out upon the shelf rock of Mt. Henry, which is nine miles from Glacier park station, Montana, and opened fire upon their enemies, who were sleeping in 20 lodges in the Two Medicine Valley, 1,000 feet below.

Lazy Boy’s brother was killed beside him and his two companions were wounded. Lazy Boy’s shirt was riddled. The Crows came up the mountain side and Lazy boy in retreating dragged the body of his brother with him and hid it among the rocks, so the Crows could not scalp it. He and his two companions escaped to their camp in the Cut Bank country. The next day they returned with reinforcements and drove the Crows over the Divide, compelling them to leave 100 dead behind them.”

This portrait of Lazy Boy also appears in another article, along with a few other photos taken by Roland W. Reed, which were all part of the "See America First'' promotional tourism campaign. Its aim was to encourage tourists to come to Glacier National Park, which had recently just opened in 1910.