Friday Night Photos Travelogue Pt2 Edition

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One of the photo stops I made while I was in the Bay Area was at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville. When the museum opened in 1988 it was devoted exclusively to the automobile, but over the last ten years the menu has expanded to include exhibits of African art, Chinese art, the American West, and nature.
Tonight's menu item is the American West. The exhibit is split into two halves. One half is devoted to the Plains Indians and the other half to the white settlers. From a visual perspective I didn't find much of interest on the pale face half of the exhibit so all but the last photo are from the Plains Indian side, which I found to be more interesting.

Chiefs Headdress
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War Clubs . The plain looking clubs were used in hand to hand combat, the fancy looking clubs were used for ceremonies.
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Cheyenne Dog Soldier in war bonnet, war shirt, and leggings. Dog Soldiers were the elite military forces of the tribe.
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Peace Pipes and pipe bags. The Peace Pipe was shared to begin new friendships, celebrate rites of passage, validate agreements between parties, and bless and honor new endeavors.
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Close-up of shirt worn by Medicine Man/Woman. Some really fantastic handmade craftsmanship.
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The whole enchilada.
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"Getting My Steps In"
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Wedding Dress
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Ceremonial Drum
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Mobile Home
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The arrival of the covered wagon and its occupants marked the beginning of the end for the Plains Indians and their way of life.
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this is a video I put together about 10 years ago when The Evening Blues was still over at Daily Kos.

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@JtC
Great video you put together. I love all the artwork you found. It definitely fits in.

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I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.

@JtC have been on a roll for a very long time.

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"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981

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it would help to re-establish my faith in health care
great series of Native dress and customs photos
enriching experience!

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truth is considered foreign influence, world peace is a threat to national security

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@QMS
I don't know if my faith would be re-established in health care if my medicine woman arrived in that get-up, but I sure would appreciate and admire all the work that went into making it.

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I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.