Grade Range: 4-8Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Interactives & MediaDate Posted: 6/10/2008
What can we learn by studying a buffalo hide painting? In this activity, students will learn about the culture of the Plains Indians by determining the meaning of stories told on a buffalo hide painting and compare their interpretations to that of a Smithsonian historian. This activity is meant to help students learn more about Native American culture by analyzing and learning from objects; a guiding student worksheet is included. It is included in the website Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting.
Museum education, Simulations and games
The man in this painting, holding an apparition of the baby Jesus, appears to be a saint. Known a...
animal, environment, art, buffalo, painting, November, culture, American Indian, the West, westward expansion, storytelling, settler, Native American Heritage Month, South Dakota, Native American, plains, Indian, hides, fur, American Indian Heritage Month
A Native American folk tale of the connection between humans and the buffalo nation.
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