Scriver as a Montana bronze sculptor captured wildlife, cowboys and the history of the Blackfeet Tribe. He was born and raised in Browning on the Blackfeet reservation, studied animals and taxidermy, and loved a good rodeo. At the Montana summer rodeos the crowd would hold their breath as the bronco rider mounted the bull in the shoot, the gate would open, and the rider and bull would gyrate up and down as they both moved out into the arena. In the spotlight, the rider hangs on to the short rope, as the bull twists and turns, and within seconds the rider is either the winner of the competition, or taken out by the ambulance corp with broken bones. Scriver understood and embraced his Native American influences, the anatomy of wildlife animals and cowboy country, and used his artistic talents to tell these Montana stories. In his bronze, "Cold Maker" - Scriver depicts a winter scout, that is huddled under a buffalo skin or a heavy Hudson Bay blanket. During the winter,