Washington
Ancient America: A Plateau Clovis Cache
As the ice age was ending in North America, a new hunting technology arose. This technology, commonly known as Clovis after a find in New […]
Washington
The Hoko River Complex
The Hoko River originates in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains (Washington State) and flows for about 25 miles to the Pacific Ocean. It flows […]
The Ozette Reservation
In 1855 the United States met with the Makah Nation in Washington to negotiate a treaty. At this time, the Makah were composed of five […]
The Marmes Rockshelter
Much of what we know about the people of the ancient world has come from archaeological findings in caves and rockshelters. A rockshelter, by the […]
Hunting Mastodons
The Cordilleran Ice Sheet began to spread across present-day Washington state more than 17,000 years ago. The ice blocked the Strait of Juan de Fuca […]
Chief Kitsap
Suqamish Chief Kitsap lived from about 1750 to about 1845. He was born and raised in Suquamish (in what is now Washington state). He was […]
Chehalis Treaties and Reservations
In 1855, Washington Territorial Governor Isaac I. Stevens set out to negotiate-or rather, impose-a series of treaties on the Indian nations of the region which […]
Hibulb Cultural Center (Photo Diary)
The Treaty of Point Elliot was signed near present-day Everett in Western Washington in 1855. Eighty-two chiefs attend the treaty conference. Fifteen tribes sign over […]
The Chehalis Indians
In 1792, American ships from Boston under the command of Captain Robert Gray sailed along the Pacific Coast of what is now Oregon and Washington […]