museums
Some Plateau Beaded Bags (Art 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 […]
museums
Oregon Coast Indian Baskets (Photo Diary)
The North Lincoln County Historical Museum in Lincoln City, Oregon has two floors of displays relating to local history. The region was originally the homeland […]
The Northwest Coast Culture Area
In providing a broad overview of the hundreds of distinct American Indian cultures found in North America, it is common for museums, historians, archaeologists, and […]
The Soboba Indian Reservation
The traditional homeland of the Luiseño was in the area of the San Luis Rey River and their name, given to them by the Spanish, […]
Makah and Clallam Baskets (Photo Diary)
The northern part of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington was originally the homeland for two different American Indian nations: the Makah on the west and […]
The Arctic Culture Area
In providing a broad overview of the hundreds of distinct American Indian cultures found in North America, it is common for museums, historians, archaeologists, and […]
Modern American Indian Art (Photo Diary)
The Portland Art Museum’s Center for Contemporary Native Art recently brought together two Cherokee artists, Brenda Mallory (Cherokee Nation) and Luzene Hill (Eastern Band Cherokee), […]
California’s Maidu Indians
The Maidu inhabited a series of mountain valleys in northeastern California. In general, the area occupied by the Maidu had an elevation of more than […]
A Collection of Tenino Indian Artifacts (Photo Diary)
The Sherman County Museum in Moro, Oregon, includes a display of Indian (primarily Tenino) artifacts. When the Euro-American invasion of what was to become Sherman […]
Food for Life in California (Photo Diary)
One of the mainstays of the diet for the California Indians was the acorn which was used in soup, porridge, and bread. Sixteen different species […]