Plains
The collection of nearly 700 objects encompasses the Northern, Central, Southern Plains and the Prairie, including traditional to contemporary objects from the Tsistsistas, Apsaalooke, Siksika, Gaigwa, Inunaina, Niuam, Ponca, Osage, Nehiyawak, and all Sioux peoples.
Plains | Prairie | Sac (Sauk) and Fox | Meskwaki (Fox)
Choker
about 1850 - 1860
13.13.747a
Possibly Osage | Plains | Southern Plains
Headdress
about 1870
13.137.4094c
Plains | Inunaina (Arapaho)
Child's Moccasins
early 20th century
164.23.15475
Plains | Northern Plains style | Unknown people (Plains) | Northern Plains
Feathered War Bonnet
early 20th century
172.25.25458
Plains | Santee Dakota
Trick Bag
collected about 1850
181.2.26035
Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Doll's Dress
about 1890
181.2.26089
Short Bull (Tatanka Ptecela), Lakota / American, about 1845 - 1915 | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Untitled (Short Bull Counting Coup on a Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee) Warrior), page number 21, from a...
about 1885-1890
2005.28
Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Lattice Cradle Baby Carrier
about 1910
2006.29
Zig Jackson, Mandan / Hidatsa / Arikara / American, born 1957 | Sahnish (Arikara) | Minitari (Hidatsa) | Numakiki (Mandan) | Northern Plains | Plains
China Basin District, number 2 of 4, from the series Entering Zig's Indian Reservation
negative 1997; print 1997-1998
2007.37.1
Chief Killer (Noh-hu-nah-wih), Southern Tsistsistas, 1849 - 1922 | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled ("Cheyennes on a visit to the Sioux"), page number 37, from a Chief Killer sketchbook
about mid-1875-mid-1878
2007.65.22
Wooden Leg (Kum-mok-quiv-vi-ok-ta), Northern Tsistsistas / American, 1858 - 1940 | Northern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Plains
Untitled (Joined Ledger Pages: Social Dancers, including part of page number 82), from an unidentified...
about 1882
2007.65.57
Howling Wolf (Ho-na-nist-to), Southern Tsistsistas / American, 1849 - 1927 | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled (Warrior in Battle), from the "Robert Allen Guthrie Notebook"
about 1874-1875
2007.65.8
Stephen Mopope, Ka'igwu / American, 1898 - 1974 | Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Wedding Ceremony; number 20, from the portfolio: Kiowa Indian Art, Watercolor Paintings in Color by the...
published 1929
2008.1.20
Lynne Allen, Lakota / American, born 1948 | Central Plains | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
they were as numerous as grass
2002
2008.41.4
T. C. Cannon, Ka'igwu / Caddo / Choctaw / American, 1946 - 1978 | Caddo | Choctaw | Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Collector No. 5
about 1977
2008.57
Terrance Guardipee, Blackfeet / American, born 1968 | Niitsitapii (Blackfoot / Blackfeet) | Northern Plains | Plains
Mountain Chief, Blackfeet War Leader
August 2008
2008.60
Darryl Growing Thunder, Assiniboine / Nakota / American, born about 1968 | Assiniboine Nakota | Northern Plains | Plains | Nakota (Yankton Sioux)
Dancing at Poplar River
2008
2008.61
Osage | Plains | Prairie
Toy Cradleboard for a Doll
about 1900
2008.66
Unknown artist ("Arrow" Ledger), Southern Tsistsistas / American, active late 19th century | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled (A Tsistsistas (Cheyenne) Warrior Counting Coup on a Baby), page number 21, from the "Arrow's...
about 1874-1875
2008.75
Dakota (Eastern Sioux) | Plains | Eastern Plains
Vest
about 1880
2008.82
Hunkpapa Lakota | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Tipi Liner Depicting Cehupa's (Jaw) Exploits
about 1910
2009.10
Sioux | Plains
Pictorial Buffalo Robe
about 1870
2009.13
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot / Blackfeet) | Northern Plains | Plains
Beaded and Fringed Hide Man's Wearing Shirt
about 1880
2009.14
Nakota (Yankton Sioux) | Sioux | Central Plains | Plains | Unrecorded Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna (Yanktonai) Dakota keeper | Matȟó Wakȟáŋ (Medicine Bear), Yanktonai, about 1842/47 - 1916
Waníyetu Wowápi Tȟá Matȟó Wakȟáŋ (The Winter Count of Medicine Bear), recording the years 1823-1917...
about 1917
2009.65
Oglala Lakota | Dwayne Wilcox, Oglala Lakota / American, born 1957 | Lakota (Teton Sioux) | Plains | Central Plains
Night Shade, Milky Way
2011
2011.40
possibly Omaha | Plains | Prairie | Omaha
Club with Incised Monster Design
probably late 19th century
42.12.8126
Northern Plains | Plains | Inunaina (Arapaho)
Tipi or Cradleboard Ornament
early 20th century
43.25.8604
Inunaina (Arapaho) | Southern Plains
Flat Bag with Thunderbird Design
about 1875
46.10.10791
Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Northern Plains | Plains
Girl's Dress
about 1915-1920
46.10.10795
probably Niuam (Comanche) | Niuam (Comanche) | Southern Plains | Plains
Pouch
collected about 1903-1907
46.17.10033
Mrs. Lone Dog (Pretty Eagle), Lakota / American, late 19th - early 20th century | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Cradle
about 1890
46.17.9831
Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Bridle Decoration
late 19th century
46.17.9837
Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Southern Plains | Plains
Flat Bag
late l9th century
46.17.9848
Ponca | Plains | Prairie
Belt
about 1902
46.17.9854
Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Woman's Boots
about 1880
46.17.9859
Northern Plains | Plains | Dakota (Eastern Sioux) | Sioux-Metis
Woman's Leggings
about 1850s
47.12.10803
Central Plains | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Tipi Bag (Possible Bag)
1880s
985.47.26528
Central Plains | Plains | Inunaina (Arapaho)
Cradle
about 1870
985.47.26531
Apsáalooke (Crow / Absaroke) | Northern Plains | Plains
Cradleboard
about 1880
985.47.26532
Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Southern Plains | Plains
Pipe Bag
about 1890
985.47.26556
Central Plains | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Pictorial Boy's Vest
about 1900
985.47.26593
Apsáalooke (Crow / Absaroke) | Northern Plains | Plains
Vest Once Owned By Thunder Iron (Albert Lincoln)
about 1900
985.47.26595
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot / Blackfeet) | Northern Plains | Plains
Woman's Cape
about 1910
985.47.26599
Apsáalooke (Crow / Absaroke) | Northern Plains | Plains
Man's Warshirt
about 1915-1920
985.47.26601
Mildred Imoch Cleghorn, Chiricahua Apache / American, 1910 - 1997 | Southern Plains | Plains | Chiricahua Apache | Apache
Doll representing an Apache Woman
1954
987.35.26777
Unknown Artist (Julian Scott Artist A), Ka'igwu, active late 19th century | Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Untitled (Osage War Dance), page number 11, from the "Julian Scott Ledger"
1880
d.2003.18.3
Linda Haukaas, Lakota / American, born 1957 | Central Plains | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
Return from War Dance
2003
d.2004.23
Unknown artist ("Price" Ledger), Tsistsistas and/or Inunaina / American, active late 19th century | Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) and / or Inunaina (Arapaho) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled (An Inunaina (Arapaho) Warrior Fires Back at U.S. Soldiers), page number 138, from the "Vincent...
late 19th century
d.2004.9
Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds, Inunaina / Tsistsistas / American, born 1954 | Inunaina (Arapaho) | Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Northern Plains | Plains
... Who Owns History?
1992
mis.2003.25.1
Arthur Amiotte (Wanblí Ta Hócoka Washté), Oglala Lakota / American, born 1942 | Oglala Lakota | Central Plains | Plains | Lakota (Teton Sioux)
"Saint Agnes" Manderson, S.D. Pine Ridge Rez
2001
mis.2004.36
James Auchiah, Ka'igwu / American, 1906 - 1975 | Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Old Time War Dancer
1930
w.935.1.76
Stephen Mopope, Ka'igwu / American, 1898 - 1974 | Ka'igwu (Kiowa) | Southern Plains | Plains
Indian on Horseback
1930
w.935.1.82
Chief Killer (Noh-hu-nah-wih), Southern Tsistsistas, 1849 - 1922 | Southern Tsistsistas / Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Central Plains | Plains
Untitled ("School taught by ladies from the hotels who volunteered to help Capt. P."), page number 11;...
about mid-1875-mid-1878
d.2003.18.1ab