Swiss-born artist Karl Bodmer documented Native life in the early nineteenth century with eyes unclouded by notions of Manifest Destiny
Lax and lost wax
Driving into Blue Hill, Maine, it’s hard to miss the eleven-foot-tall bronze statue in front of an otherwise classic New England white clapboard building on Main Street: a glorious Native American figure in full stride raises his lacrosse stick high and cradles a ball in the pocket.
Tokens of friendship, tools of diplomacy
Presentation medals in the Age of Exploration