The Making of His Indian Gallery by George Catlin
A condensed portrait of George Catlin’s quest to document Plains Indians through a vast painted gallery. From first sight of Far West tribes in Philadelphia to five westward trips between 1830 and 1836, Catlin produced about 500 paintings seeking to preserve native life facing disease and land loss amid removal pressures and settler expansion. The Smithsonian holdings include La-doo-ke-a, Buffalo Bull.
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George Catlin
Far West
Philadelphia
Catlin
Ige Catlin
US Congress
Sherrye D. Garrett
Texas A&m University
Corpus Christi
George, Catlin
Missouri
England
Joseph Harrison
United States
Buffalo Bull
Stu-mick
Tim Duncan Rising Star for Spurs Wins MVP, Finals MVP
Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs, entering his sixth season, has earned multiple honors including last season's NBA MVP and the 1997 Rookie of the Year. He led the Spurs to the 1999 NBA title and was Finals MVP. born in St. Croix and studied psychology at Wake Forest, he and his wife Amy run a youth foundation.
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Wake Forest
San Antonio Spurs
Tim Duncan
NBA
Spurs
Tim
St. Croix
Virgin Islands
Amy
Rooki Rookie Cookie's Recipe Lovely Lime Cookies
A compact recipe outlines lime cookies with 11/4 cups sugar and 1 cup butter. It instructs creaming, adding eggs, corn syrup, vanilla and lime juice, then folding in flour with baking powder and soda, chilling dough, shaping 1 inch balls, baking at 375 degrees for 5 to 7 minutes, cooling, and dusting with powdered sugar yielding 4 to 5 dozen.
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery Exhibit
The George Catlin exhibit at the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery chronicles his touring gallery of hundreds of Indian portraits and scenes. Despite mixed opinions on artistry and showmanship, his works are valued for recording Native peoples’ manners and customs, with future showings at Kansas City Autry Museum and Houston MFA.
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George Catlin
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Renwick
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
Losles
Museum of Fine Arts
Houston
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Joseph Harrison Jr
William Fisk
London
Universal Press Syndicate
George Carli
National Educational Standards
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Mimi
Thomas
Pricilla
Peter
Ruth
Judy
James
Grosebirttgart
NHC Tre Rthano
Acawe
Egn
Mini Spy
Pig
Gus Goodsport
Kcene
Jewes
T Video Games
Godot
American West
Rooki
John Mayer
John
Fairfield
Conn
Boston
Atlanta
Nation
CatlinClassroom
Edu
George Gurney
Faye Powe
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!