Indians a Century Ago, 1919
Indians, according to the non-Indian social philosophers, bureaucrats, and politicians of the nineteenth century, were going to simply disappear by the end of the century […]
Southeastern Indian Baskets (Photo Diary)
The Southeastern Woodlands is an area which is bounded by the Ozark-Ouachita Highlands of Arkansas and Missouri and the dry plains of eastern Texas on […]
Choctaw Government
The Choctaw, at the time of European contact, were a loosely organized confederacy composed of three distinctly different divisions: Okla Falaya (Long People), Okla Tannap […]
Southwestern Baskets in the Maryhill Museum (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, […]
Some Pre-Inka Artifacts (Photo Diary)
In major museums, only a small fraction of the artifacts held by the museum are on display and interpreted for the public. Most of the […]
Plains Indian Sign Language
In 1527, The Spanish soldier Pánfilio de Narváez, with a reputation for brutality and a strong desire to find gold and wealth, began his ill-fated […]
Ilchee, A Powerful Chinook Woman
The river known to the Chinook Indians as Hyas Cooley Chuck collides with the Pacific Ocean to create the worst wave conditions on the planet. […]
A Very Short Overview of the Caddo Indians
The traditional homelands of the Caddo stretched from the Red River Valley in Louisiana to the Brazos River Valley in Texas. The Caddo were agricultural […]
Cahuilla Pottery (Photo Diary)
The Cahuilla homeland in California was bounded on the north by the San Bernardino Mountains; on the south by the northern Borrego Desert; on the […]
Oh Sh*t, Standing Rock Camp Raided!
xYouTube Video Via the Guardian, Tipis have been set on fire and 76 people have been arrested at Standing Rock [Note: not at the main […]