In 1937, a celebratory event called “Columbus Day” was enacted as a federal holiday, presumably to commemorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Discovery is a loaded… Read More
St. Labre Indian School visit, 2016
St. Labre school visit to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in April 2016. For the eleventh year, the Plains Indian Museum hosted students, elders, teachers,… Read More
Joe Medicine Crow (1913 – 2016)
History is not made simply by passages of entry and exit into this world. History is an accumulation of one’s life experiences and interplay of… Read More
St. Labre student visit to the Plains Indian Museum, Fall 2015
Seven students from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana―Donovan Wind, Victor Yarlott, Summer Tapelo, Bernadine Fisher, Trinity Rides The Bear, Preston Brady, and Justin… Read More
So you’ve got an Indian object…
The Plains Indian Museum of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West receives countless inquiries each year about items in personal collections. Our visitors, whether virtual… Read More
Top 10 Visitor Questions to the Plains Indian Museum—Beads Glorious Beads!
Our visitors ask great questions, and we strive to provide answers to some of the items that people find most intriguing or perplexing. Each week we… Read More
The Art in the Stone: Turquoise
This article was written by guest author Gene Waddell for the exhibition Adornment in the West: The American Indian as Artist. Gene is owner of… Read More
St. Labre Visit: Young Minds at Work
Six students from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana, recently visited the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and our Plains Indian Museum. The… Read More
St. Labre Indian School visit
Five students from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana—Gracie Littlebird, Cedar Chase, Keanna Left Hand, Tommy Pretty Paint, and JC Roan—studied beadwork and learned… Read More
Powwow through the Lens
For 33 years, photographers have snapped countless images over the two days of the Plains Indian Museum Powwow. Some are spontaneous, others formal portraits of dancers… Read More