American Indians
Southern California First Peoples
Long before the first Spaniards arrived in Southern California, the area was occupied by six distinct Native American tribes: Chumash, Tongva, Serrano, Cahuilla, Luiseño, and […]
American Indians
Cahuilla Life (Photo Diary)
One of the displays in The Cahuilla Continuum exhibit in the Riverside Metropolitan Museums shows some of the material culture associated with traditional Cahuilla daily […]
American Indians Beliefs about Ghosts
The idea that the soul leaves the physical body at death and journeys to the land of dead is found in Native American cultures throughout […]
American Indians 350 Years Ago, 1669
In 1669, the impact of the European invasion was being felt by Indian nations throughout North America. The European explorers were attempting to discover what […]
Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellowship, Deadline: April 6, 2018 – National Indian Health Board
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites applications for the 2018 Tribal Youth Health Policy Fellowship seating the second cohort of Fellows. The cohort will […]
Arctic Clothing and Adornment (Photo Diary)
The Artic Culture Area includes the Aleutian Islands, most of the Alaska Coast, the Canadian Artic, and parts of Greenland. It is an area which […]
Pat Courtney Gold’s Baskets (Photo Diary)
Basketry is probably the oldest art form, although the archaeological record is devoid of the earliest basketry. In his 1904 book American Indian Basketry, Otis […]
The Cherokee in 1817
When the Europeans began their invasion of the Americas, the Cherokee were an agricultural people whose villages could be found throughout the American Southeast. By […]
Mayor Pete Muldoon Replaces Trump/Pence Picture with Shoshone Chief Washakie at Town Hall
https://www.google.com/search?q=Shoshone+Chief+Washakie&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM1dCR_LzUAhUE2GMKHXqMC-kQ_AUICygC&biw=1366&bih=662#imgrc=qn_AcJbA5VgYlM: Despite the sentiment behind Washakie’s photo in Town Hall, using it as a replacement for President Trump is seen by some people as disrespectful. […]
American Indians in 1717
The fur trade was an important part of the economic history of North America and incorporated American Indian economies into a larger world economy. Furs […]