For the past 15 years, the Plains Indian Museum at… Read More
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.
Museum Minute: Imperfections Are Beautiful
Often the uniqueness of a piece stands out more than something that follows the trend. For Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the… Read More
Museum Minute: A Motoki Society Bonnet
Museum Minute: Why An Everyday Dress Is Unique
At the turn of the century, ethnologists and anthropologists were trying to collect objects from different Plains Indian cultures, since they believed… Read More
Analyzing Obsidian Lithics using Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF)
Revealing how Plains Indians traversed the Washakie Wilderness By: Alyssa Rina and Kate Breitenstein At the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (The Center), Conservation… Read More
Museum Minute: Commodity Cheese Box
Native American women used whatever materials they had to create objects. Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, came across… Read More
37th Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow Winners
In our 37th year, the first Center Powwow was held on the top of a flatbed trailer as a dancer demonstration. Today, we are the… Read More
“Plains Indian Buffalo Cultures: Art from the Paul Dyck Collection” by Emma I. Hansen.
BOOK NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “Plains Indian Buffalo Cultures: Art from the Paul Dyck Collection” by Emma I. Hansen. Emma I. Hansen will sign copies… Read More
Museum Minute: A Vest Tells the Story of Its Owner
When a museum receives a mass donation of artifacts, it’s up to the museum staff to document every single object. And this is what happened… Read More
Artist Bios for “Native Nations Now”
Get to know the artists of our upcoming exhibition Native Nations Now: An Exhibition of Contemporary Native Art running May 17–October 29, 2018, in the Plains… Read More