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Southwestern Art (Photo Diary)
The Southwest Culture Area is a culturally diverse area. Geographically it covers all of Arizona and New Mexico and includes parts of Colorado, Nevada, Utah, […]
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Woven History, Part 2 (Photo Diary)
Old baskets are fascinating. They reflect traditions and skills, as well as changes to culture and lifestyle. They speak to us from the past and […]
Northwest Coast Textiles (Photo Diary)
The Northwest Coast peoples have a wide variety of garments which are worn during ceremonies and for special occasions. Sometimes the clothes are decorated with […]
Plains Indian Art (Photo Diary)
The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, […]
Northwest Coast Carvings (Photo Diary)
The Northwest Coast is a region in which an entrenched and highly valued artistic tradition flourished. Northwest Coast art-carving and painting-has a very characteristic style. […]
California and Great Basin Art (Photo Diary)
California and the Great Basin is an area of great cultural diversity. With regard to art, this is an area well-known for its basketry. Among […]
Woven History, Part 1 (Photo Diary)
Old baskets are fascinating. They reflect traditions and skills, as well as changes to culture and lifestyle. They speak to us from the past and […]
Woven History, Part 1 (Photo Diary)
Old baskets are fascinating. They reflect traditions and skills, as well as changes to culture and lifestyle. They speak to us from the past and […]
Cultures in Contact on the Northern Plains
In the late 1700s, Europeans began to arrive on the Northern Plains in Alberta, Canada and their arrival brought a century of great cultural change […]
Napi’s World
Traditionally, the Indian nations of the Northern Plains, such as the Blackfoot, were egalitarian. Within Blackfoot society, there were no individuals, no groups of people, […]