Weapons & Shields

This particular shield is hand crafted by Mnicoujou Lakota artist Jim Little Wounded.  He uses acrylic paints and free hands the buffalo warrior design.  He also accents the shield with a hand made buffalo charm equipped with beadwork, an...

Inspired by the American flag, Lakota artist Frank Night Pipe paints a stylized version of the American flag onto the shield.  The artist further decorates the shield with a red felt drop and four imitation eagle feathers representing the four...

Native American artist Jim Little Wounded (Mnicoujou Lakota) hand paints the image of buffalo tracks which represents a prominent symbol of strength and protection onto the shield.  Jim uses acrylic paints and decorates the shield with a combination...

Hand crafted by Oglala Lakota Nation member Tim Lammers. Tim is an expert crafter because of his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow with a bone arrow tip. The...

Hand crafted by Oglala Lakota Nation member Tim Lammers. Tim is an expert crafter because of his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow with a bone arrow tip. The...

Hand crafted by Oglala Lakota Nation member Tim Lammers. Tim is an expert crafter because of his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow. The shaft is made from a...

Hand crafted by Oglala Lakota Nation member Tim Lammers. Tim is an expert crafter because of his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow. The shaft is made from a...

Hand crafted by Oglala Lakota Nation member Tim Lammers. Tim is a master crafter with his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow. The shaft is made from a willow...

Created by Oglala Lakota Nation member Tim Lammers. Tim is exceptional with his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow. The shaft is made from a willow branch, the...

Created by local Oglala Lakota artist Tim Lammers. Tim is exceptional with his ancient knowledge of how to accurately make an item that would have been used, in this instance, it’s a small game arrow. The shaft is made from a willow branch, the...

Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., uses natural commercially tanned leather to create the knife sheath and hand beads the geometric as well as large tipi design against a forest green background.  He also accents it with fringe and loop for...

Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., uses natural commercially tanned leather to create the knife sheath and hand beads the geometric as well as small tipi design against a forest green background.  He also accents it with fringe and loop for...

Oglala Lakota artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., uses natural commercially tanned leather to create the knife sheath and hand beads the geometric as well as eight-pointed starburst design against an aqua blue background.  He also accents it with fringe...

Native American artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., fashions this particular axe with a hand-forged head and a wooden handle which he then wraps with commercially tanned leather.  Kevin accents the axe with a fringed drop and adorns it with his signature...

Native American artist Kevin Fast Horse Sr., fashions this particular axe with a hand-forged head and a wooden handle which he then wraps with commercially tanned leather.  Kevin accents the axe with a fringed tail and adorns it with his signature...

Native American artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, uses dyed porcupine quills and glass beads on deer leather to create this knife sheath.  Travis cleans and dyes the quills with commercial dye, he uses the glass beads to edge...

Oglala Lakota Nation member Jared Lanz using old stock hand cut glass Italian beads, even utilizing white heart beads to complete his design. Jared attaches his beadwork to soft leather and then attaches the leather to rawhide, this helps to keep the...

Hand Painted by Native American artist Mike McLeod, Bad River Band Chippewa, he uses the distinctive color scheme of green, yellow and red for his beadwork design, imitating the service ribbon. Mike adds a large piece of red wool cloth, abalone shells,...

Local Native American artist Jim Little wounded, Mnicoujou Lakota, hand paints the image of a ThunderBird entering the physical world bringing rain and thunder. Jim paints the shield with acrylic paint and finishes the piece with imitation feathers and...

Local Native American beadwork artist Jared Lanz, Oglala Lakota Nation, uses a very old knife and builds a new sheath around it. The knife measures 15 inches long. Jared used glass beads on tanned leather, he finishes the sheath with tin cones...

Native American Beadwork artist Leaf Lanz, Oglala Lakota Nation, creates an old style of trade era knife and sheath sets.  Leaf uses glass beads on brain tanned deer hide. The knife is an antique trade items. Measures:Sheath: Length 13 1/2 |...

Native American artist Travis Tremblay, Listuguj Mi’kmaq Canada, hand beads the sheath with a nice combination of pearl finish beads on leather. He wraps the leather around rawhide to make the sheath sturdier. Travis added a tail that features...

Hand made by local Oglala Lakota artist Jared Lanz, he uses glass beads to create his Hills with Blue Skies design. Jared attaches his beadwork to smoked deer hide. He finishes the piece with leather thongs and a useable knife. Measures:Length 13...

Painted by Non-Native American artist Dan Chapman, Sturgis, SD. Bears were honored as a powerful spirit, noted for their bravery and fighting strength. By depicting the bear image on his shield, the warrior received the bear's attributes in battle. In...