Bad policies and systemic bias are driving huge increases in Native American incarceration rates
David Cyrus, 8, of the Crow Nation poses for a portrait prior to the Grand Entry during the Denver March Powwow on March 24, 2017, […]
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500 Years Ago, 1519
From the Native American perspective, the sixteenth century marked the beginning of the European invasion. The first Europeans to contact the Native nations were explorers, […]
The California Culture Area (Photo Diary)
In providing a broad overview of the hundreds of distinct American Indian cultures found in North America, it is common for museums, historians, archaeologists, and […]
Plateau Containers in the Maryhill Museum (Photo Diary)
The Maryhill Museum located near Goldendale, Washington, has a display of Plateau containers. The Plateau Culture Area is the area between the Cascade Mountains and […]
Family and Reservation Community in the Columbia Plateau (Photo Diary)
The High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, has a display Family and Reservation Community which shows how Plateau Indian identity has been preserved by families. […]
Columbia River Rock Art (Photo Diary)
For more than 10,000 years Indian people have lived adjacent to the Columbia River. In the Columbia Gorge area, hundreds, if not thousands, of archaeological […]
Women, Tradition, and Plateau Indian Art (Photo Diary)
As Grandmother Taught: Women, Tradition and Plateau Art was a special exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington. The Plateau […]
Plateau Women’s Clothing in the High Desert Museum (Photo Diary)
The Plateau Culture Area is the area between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and Western Montana. From […]
California Women’s Woven Hats (Photo Diary)
While the Plains Indian feathered headdress has become the stereotypical image of American Indian headgear, there is little awareness of the headgear worn by Indian […]
Aleut Baskets (Photo Diary)
The Aleutian Islands are a chain which extend into the Pacific Ocean from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. This is an area which is […]