Coffee & Curators: Plains Indian Museum September 11, 10–11:30 a.m. Free for members! Coffee & Curators invites members to enjoy coffee, refreshments, and each other as a curator speaks about a topic inspired by the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s permanent collections, including special up-close or behind-the-scenes access. We may be venturing out more […]
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 collection is a toy horse and doll. “This is supposed to represent the nomadic culture of the Plains,” said Old Elk. “So a female figure […]
There are times when a curator of a museum may decide not to keep an object that came in with a larger collection. That’s because of the damage or quality of the object. Rebecca West, the curator of the Plains Indian Museum, came across this dilemma when she found a spoon that had a lot […]
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 be,” said Old Elk. “I kind of had an idea. I called a colleague over. He helped me uncover this box, we pulled it down, […]
Lauren Good Day is Arikara Hidatsa Blackfeet and Plains Cree. Rebecca West, the curator of the Plains Indian Museum, said this diverse cultural heritage informs her as an artist. Good Day usually does beadwork, parfleche or painting. So West said this pipe bag is unusual. West said the pipe bag is also unusual because of […]
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, the Plains Indian Museum curatorial assistant, said there are beautiful American flag motifs all over the dress. But something else got Old Elk even more […]