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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.

June 19, 2019

38th Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow Winners

In our 38th year, the first Center Powwow was held on the top of a flatbed trailer as a dancer demonstration. Today,…

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Archuleta siblings, sister Taylor Archuleta 3 yrs and brother Darrian Archuleta 11 yrs, Pueblo/Southern Ute. Teen boy's traditional and tiny tot jingle dress dancers from Albuquerque, NM. ©2019 Photo by Frontier Fortitude.
June 5, 2019

Center of the West invites all to celebrate the 38th Annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow

The Plains Indian Museum’s 38th annual Powwow takes place Saturday and Sunday, June 15–16, 2019, in the Robbie Powwow Garden at the…

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Burden Basket. NA.106.183 (detail)
May 31, 2019

Museum Minute: The Burden Basket

The Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Great Plains were known for being horticultural…

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April 18, 2019

Museum Minute: Transformation of Sioux Florals

The Dakota people are well-known for their use of florals in their embroidery. Around the 1870s, they depicted abstract natural world scenes…

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April 17, 2019

St. Labre Museum Studies Class: Spring 2019

“Looking at old pictures had also opened my mind up to do more research about my ancestors. Bringing back new ideas and…

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March 20, 2019

Powwow Vendor Spaces available for the 38th annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow

Visitors to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow each June are not only awed by the…

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