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Medicinal Plants Used by the California Chumash
Throughout thousands of years of human history, people have utilized the healing powers of certain plants as an important part of their healthcare. Briefly described […]
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The Fur Trade 200 Years Ago (1818)
During the first part of the nineteenth century, the fur trade continued to be an important area in the contact between American Indians and Europeans. […]
A Brief Description of Caddo Religion
The Caddo were an agricultural tribe living in what is now Louisiana and Texas when the first European explorers entered the region. The Caddo were […]
American Indian Religions in 1917
During the first part of the twentieth century, the United States continued in its efforts to assimilate American Indians into an English-speaking, Christian European culture. […]
Stone Artifacts from the Columbia Plateau (Photo Diary)
The Maryhill Museum located near Goldendale, Washington, has a display of Plateau stone artifacts. The Plateau Culture Area is the area between the Cascade Mountains […]
Northwest Coast Hats in the Portland Art Museum (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 Apache Ceremonies
Traditionally, Apache religious ceremonies focused on curing, hunting and gathering rituals, puberty ceremonies, and obtaining personal power and protection. While spiritual power is available to […]
Celilo Falls
For more than 10,000 years Indian people have lived adjacent to the Columbia River. The river provided them with countless salmon which they harvested with […]
Peruvian Strirrup-Spout Vessels (Photo Diary)
One of the characteristic Peruvian pottery styles is the stirrup-spout bottle. This type of container features a closed body with a tubular handle in the […]
Looking Glass, Nez Perce Chief
In 1877 the United States army under the leadership of America’s Christian general, O.O. Howard, went to war against the Nez Perce. The five autonomous […]