Robert M. Scriver was born on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. His rural upbringing in cowboy and Blackfeet Indian country influenced his life and inspired his work. This area, adjacent to Glacier National Park, epitomizes the rugged individual idealism...
Stone war clubs were widely used as a weapon across North America dating back to prehistoric times, but they were predominantly adopted by the Northern and Southern Plains tribes. These were close contact weapons used for bludgeoning an enemy using...
Moccasins have been the footwear of choice for Native American tribes since long before they were first encountered by Europeans, and to this day remain a staple of Native people as well as outdoorsmen. The name moccasin comes from the Algonquian...
The crooked knife is a one-handed knife invented by the woodland Native Americans. Woodlands tribes include those in the Northeast, such as the Micmac, Penobscot, Maliseet and Passamaquoddy, as well as those in the Eastern, Central and Western Great Lakes...
Kirtland K. CutterAfter the devastating Spokane fire of 1889, the city reinvented itself under the capable hands of architects like Kirtland Kelsey Cutter. With 32 city blocks reduced to ashes, Cutter stepped up with architectural force and brilliant designs stretching...
The original skookums were first produced by Mary McAboy in Missoula, Montana. In 1913, McAboy obtained a US patent for a brave-style doll. She registered the skookum name as a trademark in 1919, as well as the “Bully Good” trademark. ...
