American Indians
Northwest Coast Boxes, Bowls, and Ladles (Photo Diary)
The Northwest Coast culture area stretches along the Pacific coast between the Cascade Mountains and the ocean. It extends north of California to Alaska. This […]
American Indians
Sixteenth-Century Books About Indians
During the sixteenth century, European writers published a number of books about American Indians. In a practice that has continued to this day, many of […]
What will Donald Trump do to help Native Americans? Or really now, what will he do to hurt them?
Royce Gay, left, is an Oglala Lakota Native from South Dakota who believes that Donald Trump may turn out to be a good President. Although […]
Sacred Hoop 500 Mile Run from Bear Butte to Bear Lodge Disrespected: “red sk*ns, go home”
https://www.google.com/search?q=devils+tower&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0m9vQ0OrUAhWLrlQKHdXXDjkQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=662 What are barriers to American Indians’ religious freedom within the geographic location of the Black Hills from Bear Butte to Bear Lodge? In spite […]
Some Inuit Birds (Art Diary)
The Inuit are a Native American people whose homelands are in the Canadian Arctic. A special exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture […]
Artifacts from Western Mexico (Photo Diary)
The San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, California, includes displays of archaeological artifacts from Western Mexico. Western Mexico includes the modern states of Colima, Guanajuato, […]
The Great Basin Culture Area
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 […]
The Hall of Plateau Indians (Photo Diary)
The High Desert Museum, located just south of Bend, Oregon, has a large gallery devoted to Plateau Indians. The Plateau Culture Area is the area […]
Plateau Indian Spirituality
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 […]
Acoma Pueblos and the Spanish, 1539-1599
During the sixteenth century, the Spanish began their invasion and conquest of New Mexico. The Indian people they encountered lived in large villages with two- […]