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Metal arm bands are neatly arranged by a pipe bag underneath a looming five-foot portrait of its owner: Sitting Bull, the former Lakota Sioux holy war chief who famously led the Lakota and Cheyenne troops to victory in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. Nearby, old arrows are suspended in mid-air—as if shooting out from a propped bow—under an airbrushed banner depicting “thunderbirds,” mythological messengers of thunderstorms revered by Lakota members as spiritual sources for energy in battle...
...Western expansion. The center of gravity for the exhibit is a ledger inscribed with the work of several Lakota artists. The ledger—which has been in the possession of Harvard’s Houghton Library since the 1930s and was only discovered to be of artistic value five years ago—contains seventy-seven color drawings of Lakota war exploits, several of which are displayed alongside ancient artifacts and contemporary art pieces...
...Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology houses more than six million cultural objects and 500,000 photographic records, constituting one of the oldest and largest collections of indigenous artifacts in the Western Hemisphere. Five hundred of the objects are on display in the permanent exhibit, called “The Hall of the North American Indian,” which was installed in 1990 and continues to be a home for academic research, along with educational and ceremonial programs. McLaughlin says that she carefully selected the artifacts for the Wiyohpiyata exhibit from among the museum’s vast collection...
Dining Hall: Currier's food is pretty much unanimously acknowledged to be the best on campus, earning Currier five stars. Unlike the Adams servery dungeon where the scent of yesterday’s congealed Cajun chicken wafts over today’s pot of baked beans, Currier’s servery is fresh, airy, and always musical (the d-hall staff always has the radio on). Special dishes are served at dinner fairly frequently, and the phenomenal dining hall staff is always willing to bring out whatever isn?...
...talent was clearly there, and Richter’s play picked up late in the season as he began to show signs of the goalie who won the Ken Dryden Award for the ECAC’s top goaltender as a sophomore in 2007-2008. In the five final contests Richter played in, he did not allow more than three goals in a game. And in the playoffs, Richter started and allowed two goals or less twice in a row—something he had done only three times during the regular season...