Native American Artists Paint Tipi

The Nelson-Atkins donated one of the tipis used in marketing efforts for The Plains Indians: Artists of Earth and Sky to Travois, a Kansas City-based organization focused on developing affordable housing in Native communities. Artists Bobby Wilson, of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota, and Ryan RedCorn, with the Osage Nation, were hired to paint the tipi before it was donated to the American Indian College Fund. It will be sold to raise funds for scholarships for Native college students.