“Awé Púawishe: Land of Steam” is the Crow translation for Yellowstone National Park August 25, 2016, marks the Centennial Celebration for National Parks in the United States. One hundred years of exploration, […]

“Awé Púawishe: Land of Steam” is the Crow translation for Yellowstone National Park August 25, 2016, marks the Centennial Celebration for National Parks in the United States. One hundred years of exploration, […]
Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2008 Crow/Northern Plains bow case and quiver Hunting was necessary on the plains. Whether the Plains Indians used bows, arrows, lances, or later […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 1999 About Crow Indian Horses By Joseph Medicine CrowCrow Tribal Historian and Plains Indian Museum Advisory Board Member Around 1725 or 1770 a Crow Indian […]
Originally published in Points West magazineFall 2000 Buffalo and the People By Emma I HansenCurator Emerita, Plains Indian Museum The great herd running away, The buffalo running, Their drumming hooves Send dust […]
by John Rumm
Here at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West, we celebrate the “Spirit of the American West” — defined as “the spirit of optimism itself. “We view this “Spirit” as […]