The Salish tribes in western Montana, Idaho and Washington made cradle boards to celebrate newborns. It’s a utilitarian object because it is used as a… Read More
Museum Minute: A Smelly Surprise
The curator and curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum once noticed an odd odor in one of the museum’s storage areas. This isn’t something… Read More
Museum Minute: Buffalo Moccasins
The Nez Perce Tribe historically was a nomadic tribe that roamed the Plains. The tribe is known for their use of color in beadwork using… Read More
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 like stars and… Read More
Museum Minute: Challenges of Collecting Sensitive Material
Museums are collections of objects that tell a story about something. At the Plains Indian Museum, the objects tell the story of the Plains Indian… Read More
Points West Online: A Living Tradition: Plains Indian Food and Medicine
Originally published in Points West magazine Fall/ Winter 2018 A Living Tradition: Plains Indian Food and Medicine By Hunter Old Elk & Liz Bowers “Whatever type of… Read More
First Cody Culture Club of the year set for January 11
Cody Culture Club kicks off its 2018 season on January 11, 5:30–7:30 p.m. at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West. And, as organizers put… Read More
Center of the West’s Hunter Old Elk accepts WESTAF Diversity Fellowship
Hunter C. Old Elk, curatorial assistant for the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s Plains Indian Museum, was recently accepted into the Western States Arts… Read More
Hunter Old Elk receives prestigious diversity fellowship
“Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens. It must therefore foster and support a form of education, and access to the arts and the… Read More
Curly, a Crow Scout: Finding My Ancestors in a Center Photograph
One of the favorite aspects of my job is connecting living descendants of Plains culture with the objects and photographs of the past. I wait… Read More