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  Baker, Frederick

  • Mandan Agriculture >

  

  Baker, Gerard

  • A Time of Listening >

  

  Bearchum, Cecelia

  • Ancestry >
  • Living by the Seasons >

  

  Benson, Edwin

  • What the French Called Us >

  

  Big Day, Heywood

  • Petroglyphs >

  

  Black Lance, Lorenzo

  • People of the Burnt Thigh >

  

  Black, Truman

  • Film: Otoe Language Spoken & Interpreted >

  

  Boggess, Howard

  • Crow Paintings Appearing in the Light >
  • Crow Paintings and Place >

  

  Charger, Harry

  • The Four Fires that Make up the Cheyenne River Sioux >

  

  Dixey, Louise

  • Different Bands >

  

  Fisher, Conrad

  • Moving Southward >

  

  Fox, Yvonne

  • Arikara Genesis >

  

  Green, Solo

  • Thunder Eyes’ Visions >

  

  Grinnell, Calvin

  • Misinterpreting the Names of Our Tribes >

  

  Halfmoon, Otis

  • The Changes Clark’s Son Saw (pt. 4) >

  

  Hall, Tex

  • We Are a Horse Culture >

  

  Harjo, Cody

  • A Powerful Nation >

  

  Howe, Craig

  • Who Are the Sioux? >
  • Winter Counts >

  

  Howe, Dwight

  • Protecting Our Homelands >

  

  Iyall, Mike

  • People of Columbia River Valley >

  

  Jack, Dan

  • A Tribe with Many Names >
  • Welcome to the Kanza Nation >

  

  Jones, Matthew

  • Otoe, Missouria, Iowa, and Winnebago People >

  

  Jordan, Paulette

  • The Red Bow People >

  

  Little Bear, Richard

  • Division of the Northern and Southern Cheyenne >

  

  Maker, Leonard

  • Kahokain Civilization >

  

  Medicine Stone, Diane

  • She-heg Shoat >

  

  Painter, Jeff

  • When the Tide Goes Out, the Dinner Plate’s Set >

  

  Pepper, Luther and Durkee, Betty

  • The People of the South Wind >

  

  Sobotta, Angel

  • We Are Nimiipuu >

  

  Spencer, J. R.

  • Misnomers and Misconceptions >

  

  Stone, Phyllis

  • Ella Cara Deloria >
  • We Are Lakota >

  

  Teton, Randy'L

  • Q and A: Northern Shoshone Traditional Clothing >

  

  Walker, Lorilane

  • Bands and Clans of the Assiniboine Nation >

  

  Wewa, Wilson

  • Paiute and Bannock >

  

  Winishut, Jr., Dallas

  • We’re Not Just “Those Indians” >
• Homelands

  

  Baker, Frederick

  • Hidatsa on the River >
  • Mandan Origins >

  

  Bauerle, Patricia

  • Crow Territory and Band Movements >

  

  Benson, Edwin

  • Brief History of Mandan and Hidatsa >

  

  Big Day, Heywood

  • Crazy Mountains >
  • Crow Migration and Territory >
  • The Crow Acquire Fire and Buffalo >

  

  Black, Truman

  • Film: Otoe Missouria Brief History & Timeline >

  

  Blackshere-Pouppirt, Erin

  • Les Ecanzes >

  

  Blood, Narcisse

  • Homelands of the Blackfoot >

  

  Boggess, Howard

  • Buffalo in Crow Country >
  • Crow Roots >
  • Crow Territory >

  

  Edmo, Maxine

  • The People of These Lands >

  

  Fisher, Conrad

  • Part 1 of 2: Ancient Times >
  • Part 2 of 2: Sedentary Times >

  

  Harjo, Cody

  • Changing Homelands >

  

  Howe, Dwight

  • We Came from the Woodlands >

  

  Incashola, Tony

  • People of the Salish Language Family >

  

  Jordan, Paulette

  • Q and A: Did You Migrate from One Area to Another? >

  

  Little Bear, Richard

  • Northern Cheyenne Territory >

  

  Longknife, William

  • Assiniboine Territory >

  

  Maker, Leonard

  • Part 1 of 5 (film): The Osage Homelands >

  

  McFarland, Sandi

  • Part 2 of l3: Nimiipuu Use of the Trail >

  

  Medicine Crow, Joe

  • Migration Story (pt. 1) >
  • Migration Story (pt. 2) >

  

  Standing Rock, Duncan

  • Ojibwa Helped the Pilgrims >
  • The Ojibwa Prophecy >

  

  Thomas, John

  • Kickapoo Homelands >

  

  Walker, Lorilane

  • Assiniboine Territory >

  

  White, Germaine

  • Salish Land Ownership >

  

  Williams, Chuck

  • The Gorge of Plenty >

  

  Winishut, Jr., Dallas

  • Place Names >
• Lifeways

  

  Aguilar, George Sr.

  • Huckleberry Processing >

  

  Archuleta, Greg

  • Food Plants >

  

  Axtell, Horace

  • Songs for a New Day >

  

  Baker, Frederick

  • Mandan Civilization >
  • Mandan System of Societies >
  • The Clan System >
  • Traditional Courtship and Marriage >
  • Winter Lodges and Family >

  

  Bear, Keith

  • A Courting Song Down by the River >

  

  Bearchum, Cecelia

  • Roots >

  

  Beauchamp, Harry and Harry Beauchamp III

  • Duck and Dive Dance >
  • Junior Boy’s and Men’s Traditional Dance 1 >
  • Junior Boy’s and Men’s Traditional Dance 2 >

  

  Big Day, Heywood

  • Sacred Tobacco >
  • War Bonnets and How We Get Our Names >

  

  Blackshere-Pouppirt, Erin

  • Losing the Buffalo >

  

  Bluestone, Thomas

  • The Grass Dance >

  

  Boyd, Nellie

  • A Song about the Importance of Grandfathers and Grandmothers >
  • Baby Lodges >
  • Becoming a Woman >
  • Corn Song >
  • Dakota Lullaby >
  • Hidatsa Lullaby >
  • Matrilineal Earth Lodges >
  • The Little Skunk Society >
  • The Mole Song >
  • The Toys and Games of Children >
  • Turtle Pouches >
  • Women Tend Their Babies >
  • Women’s Victory Song >

  

  Brown, Clint

  • Eagle Feathers >

  

  Bulltail, Wales

  • Hunting Buffalo: Part 1 of 4 >
  • Hunting Buffalo: Part 2 of 4 >
  • Hunting Buffalo: Part 3 of 4 >
  • Hunting Buffalo: Part 4 of 4 >

  

  Courtney Gold, Pat

  • Life on the Columbia >

  

  Courtney, Terry

  • Fishing the Columbia >

  

  Crow, Elmer

  • Traditional Salmon Fishing Tools (pt. 1) >
  • Traditional Salmon Fishing Tools (pt. 2) >
  • Traditional Salmon Fishing Tools (pt. 3) >
  • Traditional Salmon Fishing Tools (pt. 4) >
  • Traditional Salmon Fishing Tools (pt. 5) >
  • Uses for Other Parts of the Salmon >

  

  Deur, Doug

  • Traditional Plants and Places of the Clatsop People – Inbetween >
  • Traditional Plants and Places of the Clatsop People – Mountains >
  • Traditional Plants and Places of the Clatsop People – Tidal Flats >

  

  Doyle, Shane

  • Indian Tribes and the Fur Trade >

  

  Durkee, Betty

  • Gender Roles >
  • Traditional Kaw Dwelling >

  

  Eagle Beak Drum Group

  • Eagle Beak Drum Group 1 >
  • Eagle Beak Drum Group 2 >

  

  Falcon, Craig

  • Horse Medicine Bundle >

  

  Fisher, Conrad

  • Q and A: Women Warriors >

  

  Fox, Mike

  • Buffalo Uses >

  

  Fox, Yvonne

  • Arikara Gender Roles >
  • Characteristics of an Arikara Village >

  

  Gardner, Ray

  • Chinook Canoe Paddles >

  

  George, Delores

  • Song of the Farewell Dance >
  • Song of the Feather Dance >
  • Song of the Swan Dance >
  • Song of the Welcome Dance >

  

  Goodhouse, Dakota

  • A History of Time with a Winter Count >
  • Cherished Grandmother Song >

  

  Gregg, John

  • Courting with the Flute >

  

  Holt, Levi

  • We Learn by Watching >

  

  Howard, Tatonkaska

  • Making a Drum >

  

  Howe, Dwight

  • 100 Good Things >

  

  Howe, Dwight, and Merrick, Pierre

  • Patrilineal Society >

  

  Hudson, Marilyn

  • Building an Earth Lodge >
  • The Artistic Beauty of Our Villages >

  

  Incashola, Tony

  • Homelands of Salish Bands >
  • The Power of Medicine Men and Women >

  

  Iyall, Mike

  • Managing Prairie Camas >

  

  Jack, Dan

  • The Kanza Life >

  

  Kicking Woman, Maynard

  • Camp Criers >

  

  La Bonte, Elaine

  • Bear Grass and Resource Management >
  • Weaving Materials and Geography >

  

  La Plant, Patricia

  • Traditional Knowledge and Ways of Knowing >

  

  Locke, Kevin

  • Kickapoo Flute Song >

  

  Lockwood, Leo

  • The Story of Pipestone >

  

  Longknife, William

  • Exploration Trip to Yellowstone >

  

  Malatare, Lewis

  • Feasts >
  • Memorials >
  • Types of Songs >

  

  Mallickan, Diane

  • Elizabeth Wilson >
  • Gender Roles >
  • Lifeways >
  • Nez Perce Villages >
  • Part 1 of 2: Knowing Our Bloodlines >
  • Part 2 of 2: Managing Our Bloodlines >
  • Q and A: Family Unit >
  • Q and A: Marriage >
  • The Sacred Stages of Life >
  • Value of Children >

  

  Mathews, Betty

  • Part 1 of l0: Blackfoot Confederacy >

  

  Mestes, Orville

  • Early Contemporary Artists (pt. 1) >
  • Early Contemporary Artists (pt. 2) >

  

  Mitchell, Lem

  • Traditional Fishing with a Gaff Pole >

  

  Morning Owl, Thomas

  • A Wedding Dance Song >
  • Beggar Dance >
  • Butterfly Dance Song >
  • Chicken Dance Song >
  • Cougar Dance Song >
  • Courtship Dance >
  • Eagle Dance Song >
  • Hanky Dance Song >
  • Lost Sounds >
  • Pipe Song >
  • Skip Dance >
  • Social Dance Song >
  • Swan Dance Song >
  • War Songs >
  • Welcome Song >

  

  Morning Owl, Thomas and Hill, Sr., Fred

  • The Duck and Dive Song >

  

  Painter, Jeff

  • A Clatsop Welcome >
  • A Song for Gaming Luck >
  • A Welcome Song for Children >

  

  Pepper, Luther

  • Regalia and Eagle Feathers >
  • Remembering the Blue Earth Village >

  

  Peters, Kevin

  • Flute, Courtship, and Family >
  • The Nez Perce Flute >
  • War Whistles >

  

  Pettit, Mugs

  • Traditional Salmon Fishing in the Willapa >

  

  Pond, Ron

  • The Sign of a Leader >

  

  Preston, Rocky

  • Our Spiritual Teachings >

  

  Rohan, Arlita

  • Communicating with the Baby >
  • Cradle Boards (pt. 1) >
  • Cradle Boards (pt. 2) >
  • Warm Springs Is Our White Name >

  

  Rubia, Anna and Medicine Stone, Diane

  • The Mandan People >

  

  Schanandore, Matt

  • A Flute Song Honoring Women Singing to their Gardens >

  

  Schuster, Carrie

  • Blessing Song >

  

  Sijohn, Cliff

  • Part 4 of 7: Chief Four Smokes (pt. 1) >
  • Part 5 of 7: Chief Four Smokes (pt. 2) >
  • Part 6 of 7: Chief Four Smokes (pt. 3) >

  

  Sitting Bear, Catlin

  • Men’s Traditional Dance >
  • Sneak-up Dance >

  

  Slides Off, Elsie

  • Ceremonies >
  • Spirits of Our Loved Ones >
  • Tabacco Ties >
  • Vision Quests at Thunder Butte >

  

  Smith, Art

  • Kickdance >

  

  Smith, Cassidy

  • Jingle Dress Dance >

  

  Spencer, J. R.

  • A Courtship Song >
  • White Bull, A Story Teller >

  

  Standing Eagle Singers

  • Song about a Little Soldier >

  

  Stone, Phyllis

  • The Tipi is the Woman’s Home >
  • Women Prepared Food for Overwinter >

  

  Stump, Videl

  • Chippewa and Cree Children’s Games, cont. >
  • Cree Welcome Song >

  

  Stump, Videl and Ruby

  • Chippewa and Cree Children’s Games >

  

  Tom, Robert

  • Pow Wow – The War Dance >

  

  Walker, Lorilane

  • Assiniboine and the Buffalo >

  

  Wells, Gloria

  • Brain Tanning >
  • Our Spirituality Has Saved Us >
  • We Used Every Part of the Buffalo >

  

  White Calf, Greta and Fox, Yvonne

  • Keeping Horses in the Earthlodges >

  

  White Horse, Angela

  • A Hidatsa Garden >
  • Beans from the Garden >
  • Corn from the Garden >
  • Squash from the Garden >
  • When to Plant >

  

  Winishut, Jr., Dallas

  • Ichishkiin Legend >

  

  Yellow Bird, Monte

  • Becoming a Man >
  • Sacred Dog >
• Languages

  

  Boggess, Howard

  • Howard Boggess, Oral Historian >

  

  Fisher, Conrad

  • Northern Cheyenne Language and Names >

  

  Gardner, Ray and Kennedy, Bob

  • Trading and Chinook Jargon >

  

  Goodhouse, Dakota

  • Communicating through Sign Language >

  

  Johnson, Tony

  • Chinook Jargon >

  

  Jordan, Paulette

  • Q and A: Speaking Coeur d’Alene >
  • Q and A: The Hand Symbol >

  

  Locke, Kevin

  • Greetings in Many Languages >
  • Sign Language Prayer >

  

  Stump, Videl and Ruby

  • About the Chippewa and Cree >

  

  White, Germaine

  • Salish Place Names >
• Inter-Tribal Relationships

  

  Abrahamson, Rose Ann

  • Part 1 of 2: Sacajawea >
  • Part 2 of 2: Sacajawea >

  

  Arthur, Ed

  • Horses and Northwest Tribes >

  

  Baker, Frederick

  • Trading the Mandan Way >

  

  Blackshere-Pouppirt, Erin

  • Ending the War with the Osage >

  

  Charley, Rosemary

  • Running for Our Lives >

  

  Deur, Doug

  • The Wapato and Trade >

  

  Fox, Yvonne

  • Traders of the Plains >

  

  Gardner, Ray and Kennedy, Bob

  • Intertribal Marriages >
  • Slaves >
  • Tribal Trade Relations >

  

  Grinnell, Calvin

  • Early Trading with the Mandan and Hidatsa >

  

  Harjo, Cody

  • Early Relationships on the Plains >

  

  Houts, Cliff

  • Eagle Rock >

  

  Howe, Dwight

  • A Tremendous Battle >

  

  Incashola, Tony

  • Shifting Homelands >

  

  Iyall, Mike

  • An Established Trade Corridor >
  • Pounded Salmon >
  • Wapato >

  

  Jones, Matthew

  • How the Missouria Came to Live with the Otoe >

  

  Mallickan, Diane

  • Stealing Children >
  • The Nez Perce Trade Network >
  • Warfare in our Cultures >

  

  Mandan, Victor

  • Trading the Sun Dance (pt. 1) >
  • Trading the Sun Dance (pt. 2) >

  

  Mathews, Betty

  • Part 2 of l0: Trade Protocol >

  

  McFarland, Sandi

  • Part 3 of l3: Nimiipuu Trade Relationships >
  • Part 4 of l3: Nimiipuu Trade Items >
  • Part 5 of l3: Nimiipuu Imports and Exports >

  

  McGeshick, Joe

  • West Coast Tribes: Trade and Slaves >

  

  Mossett, Amy

  • The Hidatsa, Mandan, and Arikara after Lewis & Clark >

  

  Nanegos, Alanna

  • Part 2 of 5: Stolen Horses >
  • Part 3 of 5: Horse Raid >
  • Part 4 of 5: Grandfather Survived >

  

  Painter, Jeff

  • Clatsop Trade Goods >
  • Defining Ourselves >
  • Tribes and Trading >

  

  Racine, Boss

  • Trade and Gambling >

  

  Slides Off, Elsie

  • Enemies >

  

  Smith, Art

  • Purchased Dance >

  

  Teton, Randy'L

  • Sacajawea’s Kidnapping >

  

  Wewa, Wilson

  • We Were Diplomats >