A meticulously researched, richly illustrated study chronicles the decimation of the Plains Indians and their culture over the course of a single generation, spanning three decades of warfare from 1860 to 1890, leading to the final massacre at Wounded Knee.

Reflecting the culinary traditions of the native peoples of the Americas, this intriguing cookbook features a collection of illustrated short essays that reflect a Native American perspective on indigenous food traditions, accompanied by 140 modern recipes that incorporate foods cultivated by native people throughout North and South America.

A collection of never-before-published, nineteenth-century art by two young Native American warriors imprisoned by the Army in 1875, along with seventy others, contains more than fifty full-color pen-and-ink drawings. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: In the late eighteenth century, French explorers returned to their homeland with beautiful works of Native American art. Considered exotic, the painted buffalo hides of the plains tribes were highly valued by the French King Louis XVI and his cabinet and were included in their collections...read more

Product Description: VESTIGES OF A PROUD NATION : The Ogden B. Read Northern Plains Indian Collection : This catalogue is the first major scholarly publication devoted to an aspect of the Museum's permanent collections. It is particularly oldest collection in the Museum's holdings and was the first oldest collection in the Museum's holdings and was the first important gift to the Museum under its first director...read more