Chris Brown (dancer)

Brown was named after Norwegian-born artist and basket collector Christian August Jorgensen (1860–1935), who lived in Yosemite Valley for many years.

[3] Brown was known as "one of the most popular personalities in Yosemite",[4] famous for performing "dances of his own invention, wearing elaborate beadwork and featherwork of his own design".

[6] Brown learned the Eagle Dance from Pedro "Petelo" O'Connor, a Northern Miwok shaman and healer active from 1910 until his death in 1942.

In addition to the Miwok, California tribes using this technique included the Lassik, the Luiseño, the Yuki, the Yokut, the Chilula, the Wailaki, the Kato, the Mattole, the Nomlaki and the Nishinam.

[9] He built a replica of a Miwok village next to the Yosemite Museum,[4] which included a sweat house, traditionally used for pre-hunt purification ceremonies.