History of the West Native Americans
Native American dancers representing 42 tribes from across the United States will be gathering June 19-20 in Cody, Wyoming for the 29th annual Plains Indian Museum Powwow to be held at the Robbie Powwow Garden at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
The Gathering of Nations, what organizers call the world's largest gathering of Native American and indigenous people, will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico between April 22 and 24, 2010.
Nearly 3,000 visitors enjoyed a weekend of Native American history and culture at the Autry National Center Nov. 6-8, 2009 in Los Angeles, which featured three major events including the annual Intertribal Arts Marketplace.
For those who appreciate the history of the West's Native peoples, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York (
www.americanindian.si.edu
) has a new exhibition that is reason enough to book a flight to the Big Apple.
The Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming has been awarded a Save America's Treasures grant for the preservation of the nationally renowned Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection.
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