Articles by karsand

We have learned a lot about the transition from older to newer materials by looking at these leggings. They were likely made by women from […]

Panel bags represent a very old and intricate form of textile weaving. The artform predates ribbonwork, and by looking at objects like these, we are […]

This photo shows Miami Tribe of Oklahoma citizen Carolyn Niles as she examines a single women’s legging with ribbonwork decoration. Carolyn was working as a […]

This pipe bowl and stem were produced by unnamed Myaamia artists in the early 1800s. They both demonstrate our ancestors’ use of angular geometric forms […]

The son of Myaamia woman Saakacaahkwa and Frenchman Jacques Godfroy, Palaanswa served his community as both a war leader and a civil chief. After the […]

This painting of Palaanswa was completed from notes George Winter took down in late 1830s. The wide legging flaps and moccasins were likely covered in […]

Katakimaankwa was a Myaamia observer sent by his community to watch the signing of the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1825. James Otto Lewis […]