by Martin Grelle
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Crow (Apsaalooke) hunter raises his hand in prayer to the eagle as they
pause on their late winter journey through what would become known as
Jackson Hole. The eagle typified courage, quickness, and strength
to the Native American, and was prayed to in order to receive those
abilities. Perhaps in his vision quest he had received the eagle
as his spiritual guide, and he is asking the eagle for help as they
travel in search of elk. "The idea for this painting came from a trip to Jackson, Wyoming. As I hiked in parts of the area, with virtually no other human around, I was struck by the activity of the wildlife - coming upon elk, moose, bison, coyotes, ducks, geese, and an eagle - and of the silence broken only by the sounds they made." -Martin Grelle
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