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: Tall Fringed Bluebell
The Plains Indian Museum has a collection of pressed plants that were used for medicinal uses. The book includes the tall fringed…
Museum Minute: Symbolism of Red
The color red is symbolic for many different cultures and movements. It has become associated with the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women…
Museum Minute: Photo Manipulation In The Early 1900s
Vincent Mercaldo was a collector of Western imagery. But he was also a painter and an artist. Samantha Harper, the archivist at the McCracken…
Museum Minute: “When the Buffalo Came Back”
The Plains Indian Museum doesn’t only collect art from the past. Rebecca West, the curator of the museum, said their job is…
Show Me Something Old: St. Labre Museum Studies Class, Fall 2019
In the fifteenth fall, the Plains Indian Museum hosted high school students, tribal elders, and instructors from St. Labre Indian School in…
Museum Minute: Preserving Objects
Museums carry objects that unfortunately are not meant to last forever. Rebecca West, the curator of the Plains Indian Museum, said a…