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Ghost Dance shirt, Arapaho, ca. 1890. Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Gift of Searle Family Trust and the Paul Stock Foundation. NA.204.5

Treasures from Our West: Ghost dance shirt

July 1, 2015 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West magazine in Fall 2009 Arapaho Ghost Dance dress, ca. 1890 In March 2007, the first Plains Indian Museum “Treasure” in Points West was a Ghost Dance dress. […]

Ghost Dance dress, Southern Arapaho, c. 1890, 54 x 54 inches. Tanned elk hide with numerous pigments, feathers, and fringe. Chandler-Pohrt Collection. Gift of Mary J. and James R. Jundt. NA.204.4 (detail)

Treasures from Our West: Arapaho Ghost Dance Dress

June 26, 2014 by Nancy McClure

Originally featured in Points West in Spring 2007 Arapaho Ghost Dance Dress In 1890, Plains Indian people faced poverty, disease, and death on reservations. Under the leadership of the Paiute […]