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The following texts were written by Judith Ostrowitz, Colin G. Calloway, Gaylord Torrence, Arthur Amiotte, and Emma I. Hansen for the Metropolitan Museum's presentation of The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky.
Introduction and Voices
Ancient Peoples
Life on the Great Plains, 1700–1820
Flourishing in Dangerous Times, 1820–60
Death of the Buffalo, 1860–80
Early Reservation Life, 1880–1910
Reservations and Urban Life, 1910–65
Contemporary Artistic Revival, 1965–2015