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"A collaborative effort between the..."

  • A collaborative effort between the Hockaday Museum of Art & members of the Blackfeet Nation
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"Bringing the culture & history..."
  • Bringing the culture & history of the Plains Indians alive through art
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Educational Trunk Project
  • Art & Artifacts Display
    •        Contemporary
    •        Ancient
    •        Traditional
  • Presentations
  • Activities
    •    Art Projects
    •    Games
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Art & Artifacts
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Contemporary
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Some artists create art for art’s sake
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Prints and Paintings
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Jewelry
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Ornaments & Misc..
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The art of today…
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…has it’s roots in the past.
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Ancient
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In long ago times art was created as decoration for functional or spiritual items…
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Tools, Materials, Artifacts
  • Tools
    • Hide scraper, club, spoon, digging stick, bow & arrows
  • Materials
    • Porcupine quills, sinew, earth paints, hides, herbs
  • Artifacts
    • Parfleche, hoof bag, pipes, rattle, drum, shield
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Tools
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Materials
  • Porcupine Quills


  • Sinew


  • Earth Paints
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Artifacts for storage…
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…for ceremonies…
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…for other uses
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Art helps us to understand the ways of the past…
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…and traditions that remain the same.
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Traditional
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Items for dancing …
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…& special occasions…
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…Misc.
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Toys
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Traditional Games
  • Double ball
  • Hoop & Arrow
  • Ring the Stick
  • Jawbone Game
  • Run & Scream
  • Tops
  • Atlatl
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Presentations & Projects
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Close up viewing of art
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Arrow making demonstration
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Fun with games
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Making Story Hides
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Designing Paper
Moccasins
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Constructing                    Edible Tipis
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Paper Parfleche Making
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Painting Designs on Miniature Lodges
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Learning to make a twig paintbrush
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Scraping rocks for paint pigment
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Painting on rawhide.
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Making games
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Artists & Blackfeet Cultural Consultants
  • The Hockaday Museum of Art wishes to acknowledge the many artists who contributed to our trunk project:
    • David Dragonfly, Darnell Rides At The Door, Richard Horn & his students, Honey Davis, Thomas Gervais, Terrance Gardipee, Tiffany Morris, Elaine Crawford, Deanne Morris, Jerry Potts, Louanna Fossler, Dwight Billedeaux, Mark Miller, Leonda Fast Buffalo Horse, Mistee Rides At The Door, The Buffalo Runners Society: Rick Ground, Elsie Ground, Amorette Ground
  • Special thanks to Smokey & Darnell Rides At the Door for the use of their cultural project name “The Traveling Medicine Show”.
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"Thanks also for the school..."
  • Thanks also for the school presentations and demonstrations…
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Funding
  • The Traveling Medicine Show has been made possible in part by grants from:
    • The Montana Office of Public Instruction
    • Woodcock Foundation for Appreciation of the Arts
    • Montana Historical Society
    • PPL Montana