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Warriors of the Plains: 200 Years of Native North American Honour and Ritual

This event has now finished Until Apr 5 2010 British Museum, 44 Great Russell St, London, WC1B 3DG Full details & map

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Returning the Gaze (detail). Assiniboine dancer Kevin Haywahe with face paint © Jeff Thomas Returning the Gaze (detail). Assiniboine dancer Kevin Haywahe with face paint © Jeff Thomas

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On display for the first time are weapons, costumes, painted hides and drawings exploring the warrior societies formed by Plains Indians from 1800 onwards, and the way in which their values and traditions are carried into the present day through the participation of Native Americans in the US Army.

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British Museum, 44 Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG

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One of the world's oldest museums, the British Museum is vast and its collections, only a fraction of which can be on public display at any time,...

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Transport Holborn/Russell Square 

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020 7323 8000, bookings 08445 791940

http://www.britishmuseum.org

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