Is snail mail really as slow as we think it is? Today we can communicate with pretty much anyone instantly. Our online orders can arrive as soon as the next day, and if we are patient snail mail might take a week. Maybe we want to find out exactly when mail will arrive–we can track […]
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 […]
“Come and git it!” That’s what is announced near the chuck wagon in the summer at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. There are two separate chuck wagons to visit, both giving a unique experience. Outside, before you enter the Center, you can observe and learn from a working chuck wagon. Early in the morning, the “cookie” […]
There is no shortage of dime novels about Buffalo Bill. Members of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s education department can attest to this after reading dime novels by local students. Imagination, creativity, adventure, and exaggeration! These words epitomize the students’ reaction to a recent program at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. […]