Nancy McClure

July 7, 2014

Yellowstone wildflowers in early summer

I imagine if I were to ask a sampling of folks who visit Yellowstone National Park what they hope to see before…

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Eagle feather lance, ca. 1900. 1.67.470
July 5, 2014

Kateri the Golden Eagle: Good as Gold – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2013 Kateri the Golden Eagle: Good as Gold By Melissa HillDraper Natural History Museum Assistant Curator and Raptor…

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Shield, ca. 1870. Crow / Northern Plains. Adolf Spohr Collection, Gift of Larry Sheerin. NA.108.16
June 30, 2014

Sacred Lands – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2000 Sacred Lands By Emma I. HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum “East of my grandmother’s house the sun rises…

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Ghost Dance dress, Southern Arapaho, c. 1890, 54 x 54 inches. Tanned elk hide with numerous pigments, feathers, and fringe. Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Gift of Mary J. and James R. Jundt. NA.204.4 (detail)
June 26, 2014

Treasures from Our West: Arapaho Ghost Dance Dress

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2007 Arapaho Ghost Dance Dress In 1890, Plains Indian people faced poverty, disease, and death…

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Cradleboard, Salish, Plateau 1919. Wood, tanned hide, muslin, glass beads, cowrie shells, abalone shells, mother of pearl, brass Simplot Collection, Gift of J.R. Simplot; NA.111.57
June 24, 2014

Treasures from Our West: Salish cradle

Originally featured in Points West in Summer 2007 Salish Cradle Cradles continued to be made and used after Plains Indian people left…

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George Catlin (1796 – 1872). Minatarree Village, Minatarree, seven miles above the Mandan on the bank of the Knife River, ca. 1855 – 1870. Gift of Paul Mellon.
June 23, 2014

The Industrious Women of the Upper Missouri River Tribes – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2000 “We cared for our corn in those days…” The Industrious Women of the Upper Missouri…

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