This section on the Indians of the Prairie and Plains ends with a horse harnessed in the Crow style of around 1900. In addition, there are pictures of modern powwows (dance festivals) and the Sun Dance, a religious ceremony which, despite bans, has survived through to the present and has become an important symbol of cultural independence.

The Hidatsa chief, Pehriska-Ruhpa (Two Ravens)
Coloured etching after a painting by Karl Bodmer, 1833