The National Museum of the American Indian, Monday, Sept. 20, 2004, in Washington. In its official grand opening, the National Mall will host a six-day "First Americans Festival," featuring craft demonstrations, food and performances by more than 300 dancers, singers, and storytellers.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)
Moorcroft senior Michael Peterson goes up for a shot against Niobrara County senior Matt Dooper in the first half Friday. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)
Kelly Walsh's Bailey Kremke keeps the ball away from Cheyenne Central defenders on Tuesday night at KWHS in Casper. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
Larry Echo Hawk, assistant Interior secretary for Indian Affairs, says tribes should have first priority for reclaiming artifacts taken from tribal and federal lands across the Southwest. (Associated Press)
Staff interpreter Alex Rose poses with a buffalo stomach on Friday, Sept. 4, 2009, which is one of several tools he'll be using during his presentation 'Of Man and Best: Native Americans and the Buffalo' this Sunday at the National Historic Trails Center in Caper, Wyo. Native Americans would use the buffalo stomach as a bucket, and they would also stuff it with meat and cook it over a fire. (AP Photo/Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune)
Alex Rose holds buffalo dung and powder he rubbed from the dung. Native Americans would use the dung as fuel and also the dried powder as baby powder, according to Rose. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)
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