Honouring the horse

Dress Proudly

Bag Kutenai, c. 1900 CMC II-A-47

These elaborately beaded bandolier bags were made by several Great Lakes communities, including the Dakota. Although these bags were usually worn by people, some Plains communities hung them around their horses' necks and gave the Anishnaabe horses in exchange for them.

Bandolier bag Dakota, 1914 Owujo Reserve, Manitoba CMC V-E-170

Saddlebags Dakota/Lakota, turn of the century Sioux Falls, South Dakota CMC V-E-353 a, b

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