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The Cheyenne are a tribe from the northern Plains. Speaking the Algonquian tongue, but a search for their origins leads to the Great Lakes region, from whence they were forced to move, by the Chippewa and the Lakota, to lands further south. They had two types of dwellings: the wintery …

Reproduced here are some of the objects gathered by Ethnologist A.L. Kroeber in Oklahoma and Wyoming in 1899 and in 1900.  They are mainly typical artefacts made and used by the Arapahos in the 20th century.  Very few are produced still today.  The meaning behind the drawings was explained to …

The appaloosa is a horse breed from North America. With its typical spotted coat the appaloosa strikes the imagination. This horse has been hunting the buffalo together with the native Americans. Its name comes from the Palouse river which delimited the lands of its first farmers. Between Indians and horses …

A Saainiboin warrior kills Spotted Horse (about 1898). The cemetery of eagle feathers is an uncommon style: the feathers are in a back position compared to the front, covering the whole head. Spotted Horse belongs to the Indians of the Plain. The pride in his eyes and his bearing make …