Introducing our Plains Indian Map project

Plains Indian Map Project

This past fall, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, with the help of generous funding from The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, added an interactive Plains Indian map in our Plains Indian Museum. A fusion of scholarship and educational interpretation, the map shows more than 45 different Indian cultures, their distribution across the Plains, and their movements through 230 years. Territorial, treaty, reservation, and state boundaries flow in an animated timeline.

The map online

Now, we are excited to announce the Plains Indian Map’s launch online. Take a look at this innovative project through the video below.

The map is recommended for a broad audience, including K–12 teachers and students. Viewers can pause the online animation at any point to study a particular map.