The Ostuw collection features Crow, Blackfeet and Sioux shirts, all brain tanned with one repurposed Canadian mounted police jacket. Of note is the complete outfit - shirt, leggings, and blanket belonging to "Lone Star" Deitz, a Hidatsa war shirt worn...
Julian and Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso Pueblo, n.d.Wyatt Davis (American, born 1906) gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)Courtesy Palace of the Governors Photo Archives (NMHM/DCA) #4591 Maria and Julian Martinez, of the San Ildefonso Pueblo,...
Gauntlets have been around for centuries and were originally designed to protect European and Asian bow hunters and military archers from the snapping of their bowstrings. Leather gauntlets appeared in the American West as military uniform accessories. They were soon...
Interestingly enough, many Native Americans believe the legends about where their horses came from - given to them by their highest god for their survival or as a reward. The reality is that the horse evolved in America but became...
If you grew up in farm country, chances are you have a pretty good understanding of what a weather vane looks like. Chances are you also threw some lead at an unsuspecting tin horse or rooster. And chances are you...
Native Americans Fishing In Winter, Eastman's aboriginal portfolio, by Mary H. Eastman, illustrated by Seth Eastman, U.S. Army, 1853. Ice fishing methods have seen a lot of changes since early Native Americans were spearing fish through the ice. However, there remains...
