In this second part of the series of blogs on Plains weaponry, I will introduce the stone-headed war club. Read part 1 Read part 3… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Top 10 Visitor Questions to the Plains Indian Museum—Beads Glorious Beads!
Our visitors ask great questions, and we strive to provide answers to some of the items that people find most intriguing or perplexing. Each week we… Read More
Treasures from Our West: Bow case and quiver
Hunting was necessary on the plains. Whether the Plains Indians used bows, arrows, lances, or later with trade guns, hunting provided food and raw materials… Read More
Everyone Learns During a Visit to a Museum
Everyone learns during a visit to a museum, including the professionals who are employed at museums around the world. A museum professional, or any professional… Read More
Art Can Open Many Doors for Students
The Center’s latest Skype in the classroom lesson proves that art can open many doors for students—especially high school students. We recently launched a participatory virtual… Read More