Indians 101
A Very Brief Overview of California’s Achumawi Indians
The aboriginal homelands of the Achumawi (also spelled Achomawi, Achomowi, Achemawi) people of North America was along the drainage of the Pit River between the […]
Indians 101
Klickitat Baskets (Photo Diary)
Long before the European invasion of North America, a number of autonomous, independent, and linguistically related peoples lived in contiguous territories in what would become […]
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
By 1776, some of the British colonists in North America had become somewhat irritated with the Monarchy and particularly with its limitations on the expansion […]
Some Plateau Baskets (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 […]
The Methodists Run the Siletz Indian Reservation
By 1870, it was clearly evident that the Indian Service was the most corrupt branch of the federal government and that Indian reservations were often […]
Central Plains Indian Migrations
The Central Plains is the portion of the Great Plains which lies south of the South Dakota-Nebraska border and north of the Arkansas River. It […]
The Siletz Room (Photo Diary)
The Siletz Room in the Burrows House Museum in Newport, Oregon, contains baskets and beadwork from the Clarinda G. Copeland (1852-1929) Collection. Born Clarinda Gertrude […]
Some Indian Events of 200 Years Ago (1818)
Two hundred years ago, in 1818, the United States was just beginning to embark on its expansionist policy known as Manifest Destiny. Under this policy, […]
American Indian Religions a Century Ago (1918)
In 1918, American Indian religions were still outlawed. Federal Indian policy viewed American Indian religions as barriers to “civilizing” Indians and emphasized the importance of […]
California Indian Baskets in the Maryhill Museum (Photo Diary)
The California culture area has the widest variety of native languages, ecological settings, and house types of any North American culture area. The shaded area […]