Nancy McClure

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May 31, 2015

Buffalo Bill’s Last Stand – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West in Spring 1998 Buffalo Bill’s Last Stand Christine HouzeFormer Curatorial Assistant, Buffalo Bill Museum PAHASKA ISHTEMI WASHTA(The…

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Gray wolf skull. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. DRA.305.71
May 30, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Gray wolf skull

Originally featured in Points West in Summer 2009 Gray wolf skull Collections serve different purposes in different types of museums. Biological and…

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Horse and riders parading at Crow Fair, Crow Agency, Montana. Photo by W.H.D. Koerner, 1927. P.78.4452 (detai)
May 24, 2015

Riders of the Northern Plains and Plateau Regions – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1994 Riders of the Northern Plains and Plateau Regions By Emma I. HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian…

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William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody is pictured here in front of his personal Wild West tent on a not-so-windy day around 1905. MS 6 William F. Cody Collection, McCracken Research Library. P.69.953
May 23, 2015

Treasures from Our West: Photograph of William F. Cody in front of Wild West tent

Originally published in Points West magazine in Spring 2008 William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody in front of Wild West tent In a…

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Winter in Yellowstone: ...a traffic jam?
May 17, 2015

Crafted by Nature: An Ecological Profile of the North American Bison – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2000 Crafted by Nature: An Ecological Profile of the North American Bison By Charles R. Preston,…

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Deborah Butterfield (b. 1949). Berliner, 1989. Bronze. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Weiss. 17.98 (detail)
May 16, 2015

Treasures from Our West: “Berliner” by Deborah Butterfield

Originally featured in Points West in Fall 2009 Deborah Butterfield’s bronze sculpture Berliner In the Whitney Western Art Museum, visitors can see…

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