The Northern Plains Indian peoples have diverse cultures from tribe to tribe. This engaging and interactive curriculum resource will take you and your students on a journey using primary sources, oral histories, and content as you learn about these cultures in both the past and present. This resource is perfect for students, teachers, and families! […]
Objectives Students will learn about Plains Indian cultures, comparing the past and the present. Students will compare Plains Indian objects from the past to contemporary art created by Plains Indian artists who are alive today. Students will learn about the Plains Indians’ origins throughout the great North American Plains. Vocabulary What is culture? Culture is a […]
In this second part of the series of blogs on Plains weaponry, I will introduce the stone-headed war club. Read part 1 Read part 3 There are many types of clubs, hatchets, tomahawks, etc. used across the Americas. On the Plains, however, we developed a particular style of stone club that is both distinctive and […]
In a series of blogs on men’s weaponry on the plains, I will discuss several different weapons, beginning with perhaps the most well-known: the bow and arrow. Read part 2 Read part 3 For the Nakoda, like most Plains Nations, the bow, idazipa, and the arrow, wohiŋkpe, are indispensable weapons. Their origins are sacred, as the use […]
Plains Indian Map Project This past fall, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, with the help of generous funding from The Brown Foundation, Inc., of Houston, added an interactive Plains Indian map in our Plains Indian Museum. A fusion of scholarship and educational interpretation, the map shows more than 45 different Indian cultures, their […]