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. ...
Bits The need to control horses in warfare has driven extensive innovation in the design of bits and spurs, producing a variety of styles over the centuries. As early as 3000 BC, bits were made of rope, bone, horn or...
Totem poles are a Northwest art form most commonly carved of Western red cedar by the indigenous tribes of the Pacific Northwest coast. The word “totem” is derived from the Algonquian word Odoodem, meaning “kinship group.” The carvings symbolize ancestors,...
Examples of bone and antler awls have been found coast to coast dating back to the late archaic period between 2400 and 2000 BC. Native Americans used them in lieu of a sewing needle to create a hole in which...
