Indians 101
Writing in Cherokee
There are more than 6,000 languages in the world and only about 100 of these developed their own writing system. For most of these writing […]
Indians 101
Murdering a Peaceful Chief, Peopeo Moxmox
In Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana during the nineteenth century, American settlers formed militia groups for the purpose of killing Indians. While supposedly formed for […]
Northwest Coast Baskets in the Maryhill Museum (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 […]
A Short Overview of the Western Apache
In the late 1200’s through the early 1400’s groups of hunting and gathering Athabascans began arriving in the Southwest from the far north in Canada. […]
Plateau Basketry Hats and Trinket Baskets (Photo Diary)
In looking at American Indian art, there is a different between tribal art and ethnic art. In his book Native Arts of North America, Christian […]
Choctaw Migrations
When the Europeans began their invasion of North America, they found that the Southeastern Woodlands area was inhabited by skilled farmers who lived in permanent […]
Northwest Coast Masks (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 […]
The Modoc War
The Modoc homeland is the Tule Lake area on the border between California and Oregon. In 1872-1873, the U.S. Army engaged a small band of […]
Some Inuit Carvings (Photo Diary)
A special exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington, featured The Inuit Art of Povungnituk. A portion of this exhibit […]
Mission Indian Baskets (Photo Diary)
Many museums, including the Portland Art Museum, have displays of Mission Baskets which generally refers to baskets made by Indian people on the southern coast […]