Text transcribed from caption: 4211 WHEN THE WEST WAS WILD TACOMA, Wash. -- The Rev. C. Walter Johnson, Presbyterian missionary to the Indians, center, looks on with interest as Willie R. Young, of the Yakima tribe, does a war dance at Tacoma Indian Fellowship picnic. Chief Young’s granddaughter, Doris Young, left, and Miriam (Mini) Mireau are also absorbed in the Chief’s performance. The Indian Fellowship, a function of the Presbyterian Church’s mission program, has many North West tribe members on its roster. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (YPS-TACHWASH-JOG-8A-6-P-MISS)

Yost's Photo Service (Tacoma, Wash.) (photographer)

1946

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 10 x 8 1/4 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Johnson, C. Walter.
Young, Willie R.
Young, Doris.
Mireau, Miriam (Mini)

Yakama Indians--Social life and customs--Washington--Tacoma.
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Church work with Indigenous peoples--Washington--Tacoma.
War dances--Washington--Tacoma.
Presbyterian Church--Missions--Washington--Tacoma.

Washington
Tacoma.
Tacoma (Wash.)
North and Central America--United States--Washington--Pierce--Tacoma

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. 4211; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

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