Native American Netroots
Arctic Boats
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 […]
Native American Netroots
American Indians and the Spanish in 1568
From the Native American perspective, the sixteenth-century marked the beginning of the European invasion. The first Europeans to contact the Native nations were explorers, adventurers, […]
Plateau Indian Reservation Life (Photo Diary)
The Plateau Culture Area is the area between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountains in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, and Western Montana. From […]
Archaeology: The Spring Rancheria
A literate society does not record a complete history of all of the people in the society. History is often recorded by ruling elites to […]
The Cahuilla Homeland
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 […]
“Indian Arts of the West” (Photo Diary)
The Hagerman Valley Historical Museum is a small (1,200 square foot) museum in Hagerman, Idaho. One of the exhibits in this museum is Indian Arts […]
The Uto-Aztecan Language Family
Linguists studying and comparing languages throughout the world have noted that some languages are similar to each other in terms of vocabulary, sound patterns, and […]
Fishing on the Columbia River (Old Photos)
The Fort Dalles Museum in the Dalles, Oregon, has a number of old photographs documenting Indian fishing on the Columbia River prior to the completion […]
Forced Christianity 150 Years Ago, 1869
In 1869, the Peace Policy of President Grant forcibly mixed religion and the federal government’s policies regarding Indian reservations. Disregarding any possible religious views of […]
Disease and Indians in the 16th Century
The European conquest of North America was made possible by the epidemic diseases the first explorers, missionaries and traders brought with them. During the sixteenth […]