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Aleut Basketry
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 […]
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Bob Scriver and the Indians (Photo Diary)
Bob Scriver (1914-1999) is among the West’s greatest sculptors. He was born on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. His forte was American Indians. As a […]
Karl Bodmer and the Indians
In 1832 Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, with young Swiss draftsman Karl Bodmer and hunter-taxidermist David Dreidoppel, embarked on a scientific expedition to study the flora, […]
Traditional Basketry of Grays Harbor (Photo Diary)
The Polson Museum in Hoquiam, Washington, has a room dedicated to “Common Land, Uncommon Cultures: Traditional Peoples of Grays Harbor.” The Quinault and Chehalis basketmakers […]
Suquamish Art (Photo Diary)
The Northwest Coast is a region in which an entrenched and highly valued artistic tradition flourished and continues to flourish. The Suquamish are the people […]
Suquamish Basketry (Photo Diary)
The Northwest Coast is a region in which an entrenched and highly valued artistic tradition flourished and continues to flourish. The Suquamish are the people […]
The Suquamish Museum (Photo Diary)
The area along the Pacific Coast north of California and between the Cascade Mountains and the ocean, is the home to many Indian nations who […]
More Plateau Indian Beadwork (Photo Diary)
In American Indian cultures, art is not separate from daily life. Traditionally, the things people used in their everyday life-clothing, tools, housing, containers-were often decorated […]
Plateau Indian Artifacts (Photo Diary)
Prior to the European invasion, the Indian people of the Plateau area-roughly the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific […]
Plateau Indian Beadwork (Photo Diary)
In American Indian cultures, art is not separate from daily life. Traditionally, the things people used in their everyday life-clothing, tools, housing, containers-were often decorated […]