Author: Nancy McClure

Nancy works in the Public Relations Department in electronic communications. Her work includes writing and updating website content, publicizing events, copy editing, working with images, and producing the e-newsletter <em>Western Wire</em>. In her spare time, Nancy enjoys photography, reading, flower gardening, and playing the flute.

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.

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

June 23, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2000 “We cared for our corn in those days…” The Industrious Women of the Upper Missouri River Tribes By Anne Marie Shriver “Upon each […]

Twenty-five years celebrating the annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow – Points West Online

June 20, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2006 By Rebecca WestPlains Indian Museum Curator Editor’s note: On the eve of the 33rd Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow in 2014, this article looked […]

Plains Indian Museum Seasons of Life gallery

Buffalo and the People – Points West Online

June 19, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2000 Buffalo and the People By Emma I HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum The great herd running away, The buffalo running, Their drumming hooves Send dust […]

Moving houses from Elbowoods, North Dakota, across the frozen Missouri River. Image courtesy of Marilyn Cross Hudson.

The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people and the Flood Control Act of 1944 – Points West Online

June 15, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2005 We’re not here to sell our land: The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people and the Flood Control Act of 1944 By Marilyn Cross […]

Hoop and arrows. Sioux, Northern Plains. Wood, rawhide thongs, red paint, blue paint, yellow paint, horse hair, and feathers. Royal B. Hassrick Indian Collection. NA.503.5A-C

Treasures from Our West: Plains Indian game of hoop and arrows

June 14, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2010 Plains Indian game of hoop and arrows In Plains Indian culture, boys and men played games that developed their skills as hunters […]

Treasures from Our West: Lakota Lance

June 11, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Feathered LanceLakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca. 1840 This feathered lance, nearly seven feet long, is on display in the newest gallery of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Plains […]