Accounts of Indian Life

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Ewers Ledger, Northern Cheyenne, late 1870s-early 1880s, Courtesy of Private Owner

Plains Indian men used to wear stories on their backs. Buffalo skins painted with the wearer's exploits in battle or the brave acts of his tribesmen were used to show status and displayed on ceremonial occasions. But

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