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Dance stick This dance stick (c. 1890) was created by the warrior No Two Horns to honor his horse being killed at Little Big Horn.

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    Finalists in the Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Competition are on exhibit until August 22, 2010. The winner receives $25,000 and a commission to portray, in any medium, a famous living American.

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    An exhibit on the significance of horses in Native American culture opens November 14 at the George Gustav Heye Center in New York. The warrior No Two Horns created this dance stick (c. 1890) to honor his horse killed at Little Big Horn.

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