Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall/Winter 2018 Mandan Burden Basket In summer 2018, Plains Indian Museum staff had the opportunity to engage in some unexpected fieldwork with unanticipated […]
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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 societies. Women utilized burden baskets to carry items […]
