Conor McMahon - Chief Curator - U.S. Department of the Interior - Indian Arts And Crafts Board

Rural Life and History

Winter Counts

Conor McMahon - Chief Curator - U.S. Department of the Interior - Indian Arts And Crafts Board

First painted on buffalo hide and later on paper, winter counts provide a pictorial history of various Lakota bands.
Rural Life and History

The Black War Bonnet - Artist Herman Red Elk

Conor McMahon - Chief Curator - U.S. Department of the Interior - Indian Arts And Crafts Board

A 20th-century artwork exemplifies traditional Lakota symbols and their meaning.