On the Plains, the feat of counting coup on enemies was an achievement that allowed warriors to gain different levels of prestige and status through acts of bravery. Counting coup […]
Plains Indian Museum
Through its collections, exhibitions, and programs--shares information about the cultures, traditions, and contemporary lives of Native peoples of the Great Plains. Our blog provides a glimpse into the topics we’re exploring.
Native American Photography After the End of the Frontier – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2001 Native American Photography After the End of the Frontier By Nathan Bender, Former Housel Curator, McCracken Research Library After the closing of the […]
Remington Among the Ute Indians – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2002 Remington Among the Ute Indians By Peter H. Hassrick, Director Emeritus and Senior Scholar Frederic Remington was nothing if not peripatetic and especially […]
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, and administrator from […]
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 all types of beings―humans, animals […]
The Arts and Culture of the Ute Indians – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2002 Mountain-Family-Spirit: The Arts and Culture of the Ute Indians By Emma I. HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum We don’t have a migration myth […]
