For your consideration is this Chippewa Cree antelope skull, bronze head lance medicine staff made by Many Trails in the 20th century, from the Many Trails Collection at the former Indian Nation Trading Post in Livingston, Montana. A Chippewa Cree medicine stick is a sacred, handcrafted ceremonial item, similar to a talking stick or prayer stick, used for spiritual purposes like healing, prayer, and facilitating respectful communication in gatherings, often featuring natural elements such as wood, fur, feathers, beads, and sometimes animal bone, representing deep cultural connection to nature and tradition. This medicine staff features a beautiful pronghorn skull with bead and quill work. The beadwork shows a floral, geometric design with colors of yellow, orange, purple and white. The quill work shows a geometric design with colors of red, white, yellow and black. Adorning the pronghorn skull are rawhide strips adorned with trade beads, copper beads, deer dewclaws, small white mink pelts and white and brown turkey feathers. Horse hair is hanging from the tips of the pronghorn antlers. The wood staff shows wrapped parfleche throughout the entirety of the staff and is adorned with trade bells, deer dewclaws, rawhide strips, copper beads, trade beads and is tacked with brass tacks. The bottom of the staff shows a taxidermy deer foot wrapped and held in place with parfleche wrap. The top of the staff is adorned with a large, steel lance head held in place by wrapped parfleche. The back of the staff shows a large abalone shell and small, rawhide medicine bag. The medicine staff shows good condition overall with little wear present and no signs of damage noted. It measures 87 1/4" L x 8 1/4" W x 12 3/4" D and has a total weight of 6 pounds. TURKEY FEATHERS