Nancy McClure

Powwow color guard, 2011
June 20, 2014

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

Originally published in Points West magazineSpring 2006 By Rebecca WestPlains Indian Museum Curator Editor’s note: On the eve of the 33rd Annual Plains…

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Plains Indian Museum Seasons of Life gallery
June 19, 2014

Buffalo and the People – Points West Online

Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2000 Buffalo and the People By Emma I HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum The great herd running away,…

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Moving houses from Elbowoods, North Dakota, across the frozen Missouri River. Image courtesy of Marilyn Cross Hudson.
June 15, 2014

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

Originally published in Points West magazineWinter 2005 We’re not here to sell our land: The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people and the…

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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
June 14, 2014

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

Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2010 Plains Indian game of hoop and arrows In Plains Indian culture, boys and men…

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June 11, 2014

Treasures from Our West: Lakota Lance

Feathered LanceLakota (Sioux), Northern Plains, ca. 1840 This feathered lance, nearly seven feet long, is on display in the newest gallery of…

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Carl Rungius (1869-1959). Wolverine in a Rocky Mountain Landscape, Alberta, 1919. Oil on canvas, 33.858 x 44.094 inches. Gift of Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. 16.93.3

The Wolverine, Trickster Hero – Points West Online

From Points West magazineOriginally published in Winter 2011 The Trickster Hero “For its size, the wolverine is probably one of the smallest and…

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