Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2010 Plains Indian game of hoop and arrows In Plains Indian culture, boys and men played games that developed their skills as hunters […]
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Treasures from Our West: Buffalo hide lodge
Originally featured in Points West in Winter 2013 Northern Plains buffalo hide lodge The buffalo hide lodge or tipi is one of the most practical shelters ever designed—easy to erect […]
Plains Indian Knife Sheath Conservation
This is Shelly Buffalo Calf, student at the University of Oklahoma, working on a Master’s Degree in the Museum Studies program. Interning in conservation at the Center of the West […]
The Art of Cultural Survival in Lakota Clothing
Articles of clothing created by Native artists during the reservation era (circa 1870 – 1930s) were wearable, biographical garments emblematic of Native pride during a time when personal expressions were repressed. […]
Ghost Dance Dress Treasures
Here is some information from our database of treasures. Ghost dance clothing is rich with symbols of earth, sky, and animals of the spirit word: crows, eagles, and magpies, messengers […]
Making winter count
If you were to pick a single event from last year that would forever highlight 2013 for you and your family, what would it be? Was your home flooded? Did […]