On Wednesday, June 16, 2010, Star of the Republic Museum at Washington-on-the-Brazos will open a new exhibit, The Bison: American Icon.
Originating from the C. M. Russell Museum in Great Falls, Montana, the exhibit explores the
meaning and significance of this iconic creature from the Plains Indian culture of the 1800s
through the commercial and national symbol of the present. The exhibit charts the dramatic
changes that occurred to the creature and its habitat, and to the people who depended upon it
for their daily existence. It also illuminates the human response that eventually led to the bison's
preservation as a species and a symbol in the twentieth century. The Bison: American Icon will
be open through August 11, 2010.
This exhibition has been made possible through NEH on the Road, a special initiative of the
National Endowment for the Humanities. It is brought to you by Mid-American Arts Alliance.