Michael Bad Hand

Bad Hand is a Native American historian who has devoted his life to learning about, and reliving as closely as possible, early Native American culture. Over his 40+ year career, Bad Hand has worked to dispel many of the misconceptions, stereotypes, and historical inaccuracies of Native American culture. After decades of in-depth research, interviews and inspection of artifacts in museums, he has compiled an extensive research library and made re-creations of garments and accoutrements related to the lifestyle and livelihood of the seven major Plains Indians Native American tribes: Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Hidatsa, Mandan, and Lakota.

Alan Chronister

Allen Chronister, JD, is a retired attorney and independent researcher with a lifelong interest in the history and people of the American West. He maintains particular interests in the history and ethnology of Native Americans and the material culture of the fur trade.