In this second part of the series of blogs on Plains weaponry, I will introduce the stone-headed war club. Read part 1Read part 3 There are many types of clubs, […]
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Indian Relay: America’s First Extreme Sport
Competition runs through the blood of Native American men and women. The insatiable need to push one’s body to athletic perfection is exemplified in the sport of Indian Relay. Indian […]
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 […]
Treasures from Our West: Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt
Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2011 The Last of the Buffalo by Albert Bierstadt Albert Bierstadt’s painting The Last of the Buffalo gives us a glimpse into […]
So you’ve got an Indian object…
The Plains Indian Museum of the Buffalo Bill Center of the West receives countless inquiries each year about items in personal collections. Our visitors, whether virtual or not, are an […]
Clues for Your Classrooms
Welcome to the Buffalo Bill Center of the West’s new blog series, Clues for Your Classrooms: Resources for Students and Teachers. As we launch this inaugural blog series for teachers […]