Native American Netroots
The California Story Begins
One of the displays in the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands, California, is entitled Sacred Earth and subtitled Understanding our past and honoring cultures […]
Native American Netroots
Plains Indian Art in the Maryhill Museum (Photo Diary)
The Great Plains is the huge area in the central portion of the North American continent which stretches from the Canadian provinces in the north, […]
A brief overview of Northern Plains Indian spirituality
The Northern Plains include what is now North and South Dakota, Eastern Montana, northeastern Wyoming, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. This was […]
Ancient Mesoamerica: Some Art from the Classic Maya Period (Photo Diary)
The Maya flourished in the area south of the Valley of Mexico. The Maya reached their peak of urban development during the period which archaeologists […]
Indian Artifacts in the Presby House Museum (Photo Diary)
The Presby House Museum in Goldendale, Washington, has three display cases filled with Indian artifacts. These included beaded items (moccasins, gloves, bags), baskets, and a […]
Suppressing Peyote in 1918
During the first part of the twentieth century, one of the primary concerns of the United States government, as well as state and local governments, […]
The Luiseño Village
Before the European invasion, led by the Spanish in the eighteenth century, Southern California Native Americans lived in small villages of up to 200 inhabitants. […]
Ancient Mesoamerica: The Classic Period
Archaeologists use the term Mesoamerica in referring to Mexico and the adjacent areas of Central America which were the home to Native American civilizations prior […]
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 […]
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 […]