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 will feature a FAQ […]
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.
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 Waddell Trading Company of Scottsdale, […]
34th Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow
Powwows began over 400 years ago, started by Omaha and Ponca warrior societies. Powwows act as unifying events that overcome geographical isolation to provide intertribal socializing and, as Renya Ramirez […]
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 students—Trinity Rides the Bear, Deron […]
Art of the Buffalo Culture Era: The Paul Dyck Collection – Points West Online
Originally published in Points West magazineSummer 2014 Art of the Buffalo Culture Era: The Paul Dyck Collection By Emma I. HansenPlains Indian Museum Curator Emerita On June 15, 2013, the […]
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 essential museum practices by going […]
