Albert Racine

Albert Batiste Racine, also known as Apowmuckon, or Running Weasel (April 19, 1907 – 1984) was a Blackfeet artist from Browning, Montana in the United States. He started his career as a painter, and by 1936 he was a sculptor. He is noted for his relief wood carvings depicting the life and culture of the Blackfeet.

Biography Racine was born in Browning, Montana, attending Browning Public Schools and the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. Racine studied under German artist Winold Reiss at his summer school at Saint Mary's Lake, Montana. As a student at Browning Public Schools, Racine developed an interest in the Blackfeet folk hero Napi, who featured in short plays staged at the high school. Variations of this sketch were featured on commercial signs in Browning as well as in his carvings and sketches.

For a few years, Racine operated the Blackfeet Indian and Western Art Gallery in Browning where he sold leatherwork and beadwork by local craftsmen alongside his own sculptures, carvings, and paintings.