Native American Archives - Fort Osage National Historic Landmark https://fortosagenhs.com/tag/native-american/ The Society of Friends of Fort Osage Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:20:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fortosagenhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-New-FOFO-logo-edit-32x32.jpg Native American Archives - Fort Osage National Historic Landmark https://fortosagenhs.com/tag/native-american/ 32 32 Fort Osage Receives Fabric Donation https://fortosagenhs.com/2014/09/fort-osage-receives-fabric-donation/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:15:57 +0000 https://fortosagenhs.com/?p=271

William Clark was appointed as US Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Saint Louis after the famous Lewis & Clark expedition. In a letter written in 1810, he requested cloth similar to the five fabric samples he had enclosed to be used as gifts for the tribes of Upper Missouri. The original fabrics now reside at the Museum of the Fur Trade, but two reprints of this fabric have just been donated to Fort Osage! Be…

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]]> McKenny-Hall Exhibit at Fort Osage https://fortosagenhs.com/2014/08/mckenny-hall-exhibit-at-fort-osage/ Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:12:08 +0000 https://fortosagenhs.com/?p=266

The curator and site administrator just finished installing a new temporary exhibit on Native Americans with ties to Fort Osage. Featured are original prints from the McKenney-Hall Portrait Gallery, one of the original “coffee table books,” that brought western tribes to east coast parlors. The exhibit is up now through November 2014! Be sure to check it out!

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