Sweetgrass /
Lawrence Allestad and family were among the last of the traditional sheepherders of the American West. Under a public grazing permit that had been handed down in his Norwegian-American family for generations, Allestad was the final rancher to drive his herds into Montana's rugged Absaroka-Beart...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
Grasshopper Film,
2009.
Kanopy Streaming, 2021. |
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| Summary: | Lawrence Allestad and family were among the last of the traditional sheepherders of the American West. Under a public grazing permit that had been handed down in his Norwegian-American family for generations, Allestad was the final rancher to drive his herds into Montana's rugged Absaroka-Beartooth range north of Yellowstone to fatten on sweet summer grass. The family members and their hired hands conducted the drives much as their pioneer forebears had-on horseback, with dogs for herding and guarding, and armed with rifles to frighten away bears and wolves. Over the years, better gear-walkie-talkies, four-wheelers and cell phones-took some of the edges off a hard life, but still the work remained exhausting and dangerous for both men and animals. |
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| Item Description: | Film. Title from title frames. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): .flv file, sound |
| Production Credits: | Editing, Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor ; produced by, Ilisa Barbash. |