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Chief Pitaochtan (“Eagle Shield”) — a.k.a. Harlan Fiske Stone


On July 6, 1939, Associate Justice Harlan Fiske Stone and his wife, Agnes, were welcomed into the Blackfeet Nation as honorary members while vacationing in Montana. Newspapers reported that during a ceremony in Glacier National Park presided over by Chief Night Shoots, Justice Stone shook hands with several chiefs, shared a peace pipe, and afterwards received a buckskin certificate of membership written in Blackfeet pictographs. Justice Stone was given the Blackfeet name Pitaochtan (“Eagle Shield”), pronounced “Pee-ta-wo-tawn-nee” according to the translation provided by Chief Bull, who also acted as translator during the ceremony. Chief Wades-in-the-water presented Mrs. Stone with the name Pitaki (“Pee-ta-kee”), or “Eagle Woman.”

 

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A photograph from after the ceremony included, from left to right, Chief Bull, Eagle Woman (Mrs. Stone), Chief Weasel Feather, Eagle Shield (Justice Stone), and Chief Wades-in-the-water.
A photograph from after the ceremony included, from left to right, Chief Bull, Eagle Woman (Mrs. Stone), Chief Weasel Feather, Eagle Shield (Justice Stone), and Chief Wades-in-the-water.
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Chief Bull, also known as Richard Sanderville, provided Justice Stone with a translated version of his buckskin certificate. All of the chiefs signed the translation with quill pens.
Chief Bull, also known as Richard Sanderville, provided Justice Stone with a translated version of his buckskin certificate. All of the chiefs signed the translation with quill pens.
Box 85, Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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