The Siletz Reservation, 1900-1925
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the policies of the federal government regarding American Indians were based on the philosophy that Indians, like other […]
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SCOTUS could give Native American tribes new legal traction to fight for environmental protections
Klamath Basin Tribes and allies from the commercial fishing and conservation organizations stage a rally at the bi-annual meeting of the international hydropower industry in […]
Trump signing executive order forcing through Keystone XL and DAPL pipelines
Tar sands mine site in Canada. The evidence that the pipelines aren’t needed is overwhelming. The idea that they would create significant numbers of jobs […]
Some Northern Northwest Coast Baskets (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 […]
Some Inuit Art (Photo Diary)
The Inuit (sometimes called Eskimo) are one of the aboriginal peoples of the Arctic. A special exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture […]
The Povungnituk Print Shop (Art Diary)
A special exhibit at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane, Washington, featured The Inuit Art of Povungnituk. Povungnituk is a village on […]
Puget Sound and Twana Baskets (Photo Diary)
The Southern Northwest Coast culture area spreads south along the Pacific coast of Washington and Oregon. This is an area which includes the Coast Salish, […]
Ktunaxa Beadwork (Photo Diary)
The traditional territories of the Ktunaxa people—also known as the Kootenai—was in the Rocky Mountains of Montana and British Columbia. Their hunting and gathering economy […]
The Algonquian Language Family
In North America, linguists generally recognize 58 language families and isolates. Understanding language families is one of the keys to understanding the historical relationships between […]
Plateau Indian Baskets (Photo Diary)
The area between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and Western Montana is known as the Plateau Culture […]