For the sixteenth spring, the Plains Indian Museum hosted high school students, tribal elders, and instructors from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana. The student’s spring visit is part […]
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Connecting with Our Ancestors: St. Labre Indian School Tour
For the sixteenth year, the Plains Indian Museum hosted high school students, tribal elders, and instructors from St. Labre Indian School in Ashland, Montana. The student’s fall visit is part […]
SOLD OUT: Tours & Toddies: Plains Indian Museum
Curator’s Cut with Assistant Curator Hunter Old Elk, Plains Indian Museum A VIP Exclusive Tours and Toddies Event NOTE: This tour is now sold out Friday, November 18, 2022 6–8 […]
Museum Minute: A Toy Horse and Doll
Toys are a great example of how historians learn about people’s everyday lives. Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant of the Plains Indian Museum, said a great example in the […]
Museum Minute: Dentalium Shell Dress
One day while working in the Plains Indian Museum collections, Hunter Old Elk, the curatorial assistant, found a very heavy box. “I didn’t really know what it was going to […]
Museum Minute: Lakota American Motif Dress
Kate Fools Crow was Lakota and the wife of the renowned spiritual leader Frank Fools Crow. Kate made a dress sometime in the 1970s that had American themes. Hunter Old Elk, […]
