Category Archives: Culture & Tradition

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

Posted on August 3, 2011 by

Who should I spot when I opened up the Fall 2011 issue of the National Museum of the American Indian magazine but our own John Bevis and Katy Blackwolf.  Their horse regalia-making class is pictured.  Tsitsqíits!  What a surprise.  They … Continue reading →

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WÍNAM TAMÁSCLIKTYAW

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

Tamástslikt Cultural Institute’s living culture village opens May 28 and remains open through September 5.  Admission to the village is included with museum admission.  Naamí Níshaycht, our village, brings alive the culture of the people now known as Cayuse, Walla … Continue reading →

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HOMEGROWN TALENT

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

David Close, CTUIR member, has made a brilliant career from his enjoyment of fishery work. He is now relating pure science to the traditional food, the lamprey eel– héesu (Nimíiputimtki) or ksúyas (Sahaptin). It’s inspiring that someone who didn’t think … Continue reading →

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GOING TO THE BUFFALO

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Yellowstone was at the crossroads of trade routes for many tribes in prehistory. This year, hunting buffalo outside the park was opened up to tribes like ours that once “went to the buffalo” across the continental divide. Aspiring to be … Continue reading →

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WHAT’S UP WITH THE POW WOW?

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

Fred Hill’s up to his old tricks trying to make us try something new. Is Fred a pan-Indian? He likes the Canadian hand drum singing, so there will be a “three-man, open-handed hand drum contest” at the tribal longhouse later next … Continue reading →

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Time to Play

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

Here is a poster that is a “blast from the past” from the Northwest Indian Child Welfare Association. The subjects are Shalaya Williams and her grandmother, Tessie Williams. Now Shalaya is a grown woman who recently graduated from Haskell University. … Continue reading →

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