Opening on October 29 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC is the major traveling exhibition
A Song for the Horse Nation, which presents the epic story of the influence of horses on the indigenous cultures of North America. Through an array of 122 historic objects, artwork, photographs, songs
and personal accounts, the exhibition
traces the changes horses brought to travel, hunting, and war, and the ways in which Native American tribes celebrated generosity,
exhibited bravery, and conducted ceremonies.
This exhibition first
opened at the museum's George Gustav Heye Center in New York on November
14, 2009 and was on display until July 10, 2011. The Washington
version doubles its exhibition space to 9,500 square feet and features fifteen new objects, including a hand-painted, nineteenth-century Sioux tipi
depicting battle and horse raiding scenes.
View the exhibition's official website.
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| Horse mask - Blackfeet, Montana - ca. 1830s |
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| Horse mask - Lakota, South or North Dakota - ca. 1860s |
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| Painted hide robe - Blackfeet, Montana - Mid-1800s |
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| Sash heddle - Ho-Chunk, Nebraska - ca. 1862 |
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| Shield with cover - Comanche, Oklahoma - ca. 1875 |
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| Quilled bag - Lakota, South or North Dakota - ca. 1870s |
Information and images courtesy of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
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