George Horse Capture was born into the A'aninin (Gros Ventre) in a log cabin in Fort Belknap, which is located in north-central Montana, near Harlem.
After leaving the Navy, Horse Capture worked for five years as a welder's helper, becoming a Steel Inspector for the California Department of Water Resources; he was "the only minority person at that time for the State of California."[REF][REF]