On the Plains, the feat of counting coup on enemies was an achievement that allowed warriors to gain different levels of prestige and status through acts of bravery. Counting coup […]
Dr. Joe Medicine Crow
Joe Medicine Crow (1913 – 2016)
History is not made simply by passages of entry and exit into this world. History is an accumulation of one’s life experiences and interplay of all types of beings―humans, animals […]
Powwow through the Lens
For 33 years, photographers have snapped countless images over the two days of the Plains Indian Museum Powwow. Some are spontaneous, others formal portraits of dancers or elaborate overviews of the […]
