The Shirt Wearers: The Plains Indian Art of Cathy A. Smith

The Shirt Wearers: The Plains Indian Art of Cathy A. Smith features the war shirts and regalia of 12 historically important Plains Indian Chiefs created by Cathy A. Smith. It is a tribute to the great leaders of the plains, plateau and prairies of North America. It is educational in that it is the only authentic recreation of the documented (but now non-existent) regalia of these important men. Cathy A. Smith is most known for her design work in Kevin Costner’s award-winning 1990 film Dances With Wolves

On View Through January 8, 2023

© Cathy A. Smith, Little Wolf, brain-tanned deer-hide shirt with natural pigments, seed beads & human hair, ca. 1996, 38 x 64”, Gift of the Zeitz Collection