The work includes more than just demolition. Crews also will try to restore the area to the conditions before the dams were built. For years, Native American tribes have gathered seeds of native plants by hand. Those seeds were sent to nurseries, which grew more seeds to plant along the ri...
While European settlement in Oregon is less than two centuries old, Native Americans have inhabited the region for thousands of years. Learn aboutIndigenous cultures, past and present, at Oregon’s interpretive centers, casino resorts and museums. At the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton,...
The local Sioux, Omaha and Otoe tribes believed that 18-inch-tall humans with large heads lived on the mound. In fact, Native Americans feared the area, believing the little people to be devils who would kill anyone who approached – but all Lewis and Clark found were bison and birds amid...
Established in 1891, its extensive collection of artifacts, artworks, and archaeological findings occupies an attractive modern building reminiscent of the historic station next door. While one floor focuses on Native American tribes of the Northwest, and on subjects like women’s suffrage and industri...
causing the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 that destroyed an entire city and how the citizens of this lumber-industry town came together to rebuild it. We learned about the Native American tribes that inhabited this land before us and how the city of Seattle came to be named after the Duwamish...
The women in the Arawak tribes were responsible for most of their agriculture. The women would vigorously work in the fields, prepare the food, and also take care of the village while the men were away. The Native American tribes' view on gender roles reveals the value that they placed ...
5. Some Native American tribes believed that a spirit lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits wouldn't usually bother humans, but if their home was heated, they would jump around, getting angrier and angrier, until eventually they would burst out with a pop. 6. Christopher Columbus...
Native American mythology and legends are full of foxes. The fox symbolized many different things to the different tribes of North America and Mexico. Sometimes they are seen as tricksters, and other times they are revered as gods. Foxes appear in many tribes as clan animals.Fox skins are wo...
September:Fort Omaha Intertribal Powwow– Celebrating the cultures of Native American tribes across Nebraska and the region, the September event includes traditional dance, music, oral history, arts, and food. Tribes include Omaha, Ponca, Santee Sioux and Winnebago. ...
Many Native American tribes, including the Ais, the Jaega, and the Tequestas, called Boynton Beach their home for hundreds of years. Then, in the late 1800s, European settlers began to make the area their home as well. But it took over 100 years before the Town of Boynton became an ...