This is a beautiful polychrome parfleche envelope from the 19th-century from Blackfeet Chief Little Dog, Last Pikunni War Chief, of all the Blackfeet from the Blackfeet Indian Reservation outside of Glacier Park in Montana. Chief Little Dog’s grandson Harvey Little Dog was the keeper of the family possessions and passed away in 2010. This came directly from the family and was said to have been owned and used by Chief Little Dog and his descendants. His warlike activities spanned an area from the Blackfoot territories to the Colorado river, and he was the leader of the Black-Patched-Moccasin Band. He died in 1916. The piece exhibits a single piece of parfleche rawhide antelope hide Indian smoked and tied with Indian tanned hide lacing to make a classic full size envelope covered with mineral pigment polychrome painted geometric design, consistent with other Blackfoot / Blackfeet examples. The colors are light blue, dark blue, yellow, red and green which extend to both sides of the bag. The piece shows some paint loss and darkened hide coloring from honest age and use with a faint smoked smell. Provenance: From the Chief Little Dog, Last Pikunni War Chief, of all the Blackfeet. From his grandson Harvey Little Dog who was the keeper of the family possessions and passed away in 2010. Directly from the family and was said to have been owned and used by Chief Little Dog or his descendants. Chief Little Dog’s was the leader of the Black-Patched-Moccasin Band of the Blackfeet and he died in 1916. From the Little Dog family from the Blackfoot Indian Reservation outside of Glacier National Park in Northern Montana. Several photographs of Blackfeet Pukunni War Chief Little Dog photographs are shown in the photo-gallery. Measures when closed as displayed 20-inches by 13.5-inches with the flap closed.