Indians 101
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 […]
Indians 101
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 […]
The Indian Shaker Church
In 1881, the Squaxin of the Puget Sound area in Washington would have described John Slocum has having a bit of an inclination toward alcohol […]
American Indians Artifacts in the Fort Dalles Museum (Photo Diary)
The Fort Dalles Museum in The Dalles, Oregon, has a collection of American Indian artifacts on display in the dining room of the Surgeon’s Quarters. […]
The Cahuilla Big Four Foods
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 […]
American Indian Art 100 Years Ago (1918)
The concept of a discrete category called American Indian Art is a western concept which was refined during the twentieth century. Traditionally, American Indians had […]
Northwest Coast House Panels (Photo Diary)
Prior to the European invasion, the people of the Northwest Coast lived in large, multi-family houses built with planks on a post and beam frame […]
The Grand Ronde Reservation
The Grand Ronde Reservation was established in the Willamette Valley in Oregon by executive order in 1857. The year before, in 1856, the final battle […]