The dress codes and accoutrements of Native American peoples are as intricate and detailed as any on the planet. Their tribal and cultural divisions are Byzantine in complexity, and they were always much closer and more intimate with their natural surroundings. The fact that many ancient Native customs and beliefs were as harsh, cruel and violent as any known to man has been lost in the efforts of Europeans--who suffer guilt over their genocide--to make the “Indians” personifications of virtue. The Plains Indians Figures are currently in the collections of the artist and private collectors.