Sandoz Center exhibit offers visitors a journey through Crow tribal history
CHADRON – The current exhibit in the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center, “Parading Through History: the Apsaalooke Nation,” provides visitors a chronological journey through the history of the Crow tribe.
The traveling exhibit explores the impact of outside forces on Crow culture. For example, with the onset of federally mandated Indian reservations, Crow leaders had the insight to merge the knowledge of recently educated young adults with the traditional wisdom and heritage of the elders, thereby successfully retaining their tribal structures and culture.
The exhibit also features hands-on items and two kiosks. One of the kiosks helps visitors learn words from the Crow language. The educational materials available with the exhibit have been popular with area teachers, said Sarah Polak, center director. Like the exhibit, the materials were created by members of the Crow to help tell their story from their point of view.
The exhibit is part of the American Indian Tribal Histories Project exhibit, created to allow new audiences to experience the culture and history of the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes.
The exhibit is free and open to the public from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 24. Please contact the center with questions about the exhibit or to obtain a copy of educator materials at 308-432-6401 or at spolak@csc.edu.
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