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.
Alex Martin #EducationStation
The Education Department in the Center of the West has on-boarded Alex Martin as the Indian Education for All (IEFA) intern this…
Tim McCoy and The Covered Wagon: the Birth of a Movie Star
When Tim McCoy was eight years old, his father took him to a showing of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Tim dated his…
The Center of the West’s Native Education Outreach Program
Over the past few years, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West has embarked on an ambitious education program that embraces the…
Museum Minute: Lakota Tradition of Celebrating Childbirth
Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, said when children come into this world, they are a new…
Protect Our Indigenous Sisters
Women-led, the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Movement (MMIWG) increases awareness for staggering violence, disappearances, and exploitation against Indigenous peoples, especially women….
Museum Minute: A Toy Horse and Doll
Toys are a great example of how historians learn about people’s everyday lives. Hunter Old Elk, the Assistant Curator of the Plains…