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 […]

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Rebecca West
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. […]
by Seth Johnson
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 […]
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 […]