Call to artists!
Our Prairie Edge Fine Art Gallery is taking artwork submissions!We are working with a business who wishes to purchase a considerable amount of art.Desired ThemesNorthern Plains Native American and Bla…
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Beading How To: Crow Stitch
Good Morning, everybody! Here we are in the Black Hills on this beautiful October day. I'm Michael from the Sioux Trading Post and I'm going to show you how to do another beadwork stitch called the Cr…
What Native American Day Means to Me: Leadership
Here in South Dakota, they changed the name of Monday, October 8th, from Columbus Day to Native American Day. The state of South Dakota is the only state of all 50 states that acknowledges it as Nativ…
What Native American Day Means to Me: Positive Change
Rose talks with another member of the Prairie Edge/Sioux Trading Post team about his thoughts on Native American Day. [Rose] Do you remember when the state of South Dakota changed this day from Columb…
What Native American Day Means to Me: Family
Rose talks with Lyndsay, another colleague from Prairie Edge/Sioux Trading Post about her thoughts on October 8th being called Native American Day instead of Columbus Day.[Lyndsay] Growing up, as a ki…
What Native American Day Means to Me: Honor
Rose discusses the significance of Native American Day with another member of our team, Frank Night Pipe.[Rose] Do you remember when the state of South Dakota switched it from Columbus Day to Native A…
How to Smash Chokecherries
A few weeks ago, Michael gave us a demonstration on how to smash chokecherries the old time way.He gave us a great appreciation for this time honored tradition - how labor intensive this was and refle…
Buffalo Hunting
We also get asked quite often what was the best way to hunt buffalo. A lot of the Hollywood movies that show the warriors riding gallantly along side the herds and taking down numerous buffalo in one…
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Book Signing
"We are pleased and honored to welcome notable local writer, poet, teacher, and scholar Elizabeth Cook-Lynn to our store!Please come meet and visit with her on Saturday, September 15 from 11:00 am to…
What is the Importance of the Buffalo?
A question we get asked a lot in the Gallery is what the importance the buffalo was to the Lakota people.In general, everything came from the Buffalo Nation. Buffalo hides provided clothing and shelte…
Introducing Native Artist Marty Cuny
We are proud to welcome Oglala Lakota artist Marty Cuny to our Native Gallery!Personally, I am very excited to have Marty’s work in the gallery. His experience and emotion shines through in the incred…
Battle of Little Bighorn Books
This post was written by Dan Tribby, General Manager of Prairie Edge.We are excited about adding a new "Battle of Little Bighorn" addition to our online bookstore. There has always been such a great a…