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The significance of the peculiar geometrical ornamentation 
employed by the Plains Indians is illustrated (Case 20) as found 
among the Arapaho. The Gros Ventre (Cases 21, 22) are closely 
related to the Arapaho. In the collection from the Sioux, a 
number of war-clubs and bows and arrows will be found (Case 
23). Saddles, quirts and saddle-bags illustrate the extended use 
of the horse, which has so much influenced the life of the Plains 
Indians since its introduction. The “horse travois’’ in Case 23 
shows a means of transportation. The pictographic symbol- 
ism and the decorative art of the Sioux are illustrated by many 
shields and garments. The industries and decorative art of the 
Shoshone and of the closely related tribes of the Bannock 
and Ute are exhibited in Cases 27-29. 
The great ceremonial known as the Sun dance, which is so 
characteristic of many of the Plains tribes, is illustrated by a 
group in the center of the hall. 
The culture of the Indians of the Eastern Woodlands is 
shown in Cases 29-31. The life of these tribes has been very 
much influenced by contact with the whites; but ina yogians of 
few districts some of the old industries still survive. the Eastern 
The pouches (Case 28) and the mats (Case 29) from the Woodlands. 
Sauk and Fox probably represent the ancient type of ornamenta- 
tion of this district. These Indians practise agriculture, and in 
some regions live on wild rice. Agricultural tools and products 
are shown in Cases 30 and 31. 
Adjoining these people to the north live the Athapascan of 
the Mackenzie area, who subsist on hunting and fishing, and 
whose present industries have been highly modified through con- 
tact with the Hudson Bay Company (Case 33). 
The Indians of part of the Southwest are illustrated in the 
long wall-case on the south side of the hall by a collection of 
basketry of tribes in Arizona: the Apache, Pima and Papago. 
The visitor is advised to return now to the east end of the hall, 
and to begin an inspection of the collections in the northern half. 
These represent the cultures of the Eskimo tribes from Greenland 
to Siberia and those of the Ainu and some of the tribes dwelling 
along the Amur River. 
