First Nation Collection

Canada, Newfoundland, St. John s. Inukshuk (to act the same way as a human). Traditional stone figure used by the Inuit to mark food, hunting grounds, or direction for travelers

Canada, British Columbia, Kispiox. Detail of totem pole. Credit as: Don Paulson / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

The Algonkin Indians lived in bark covered dwellings called wigwams. Their houses were either built in both a cone or dome shape

Canada, British Columbia, Hazelton. Gitxsan and Wet suwet en totem pole. Credit as: Don Paulson / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Algonquin Indian village traditionally was made of bark covered dwellings such as wigwams and longhouse in the Northeast woodlands

Choctaw Indians of Louisianna, Mississippi and Alabama grew sweetcorn as a food staple. The corn then would be dried and ground into flour for making soups and breads. (PR)

Canada, First Nations Canadian art. Typical Inuit stone sculpture, by Master Sculptor Eddie Lee, made of soapstone (steatite) and fossilized walrus bone & ivory. Property release

Sundance lodge constructed for the annual renewal ceremony held in the summer months. Four days of self-mutilation induced visions and brought good fortune for the entire tribe

Arapaho traditional homelands in Wyoming with a heard of horses in the foreground and Crowheart Butte in the background near the Wind River Indian Reservation

Tipi sits on the banks of the Wind River that winds through a steep walled canyon and Arapaho homelands located in Wyoming

General George Custer and Elizabeth Custers 1875 home during his time at Fort Abraham Lincoln, Mandan North Dakota

Single tepee pictched on Arapaho traditional homelands near La Junta Colorado along the Santa Fe Trail where nearby is Old Bents Fort along the Rio Grande

Tule reed wetlands was a source of building materials for the Ohlone Costanoan tribes. Coyote Hills Regional Park on Freemonts Bay shoreline, Freemont California

Canada, Quebec, Gaspe. Gaspe Peninsula, Micmac First Nation Indian Village, wooden household items. Property release. IMAGE RESTRICTED: Not available to US land tour operators

Canada, Quebec, Gaspe. Micmac First Nation Indian Village, birch bark teepee, fishing basket. Property release. IMAGE RESTRICTED: Not available to US land tour operators

Nisga a First Nation eulachon grease camp, Nass River, British Columbia

Nisga a First Nation family sun drying eulachon fish and smoking sealion, Laxgalts ap
Nisga a First Nation family sun drying eulachon fish and smoking sea lion, Laxgalts ap (Greenville), British Columbia

Carcass that provided meat to the Tahltan at the blockade to keep resource companies out of the Sacred Headwaters, British Columbia

Moose were a valuable resource to the Algonkin Indians of Canada and hunted primarily for their meat and thick durable skins that would be tanned and made into clothing, bedding and moccasins

Algonkin Indians cooked their meals over open fires using spits and clay cooking pots

Snow shoes were typically used by the Subarctic and Arctic peoples for walking on deep snow. Made from a racket-shaped wooden frame, webbing and thongs to attach the foot.(PR)

According to legend, the dreamcatcher catches all dreams, good and bad. Bad dreams are trapped in the web until dawn and burn up

The sundance was practiced by most tribes of the Great Plains, Plateau and Great Basin areas. Some of the men participating in the self mutilation would drag bison skulls tied to skewers implanted

Bowl of Zuni corn soup made with ingredients of corn, posole, goat meat, chili pepper, green onion and cilantro. (PR)

Prairie Homestead National Monument is a well-preserved sod house kept in good condition to remind us just how great were the privations of the early Euro-Americans who displaced the Indian tenants

Many oil rigs are set up throughout Oklahoma on Tribally owned land such as here on Cherokee ground

Pictograph of the legendary figure called Kokopeli who brought the wooden flute and fertility to the Pueblo Indians

Painted buffalo herd and horses decorate a Lakota Sioux tepee

Downtown Ketchikan is very quaint town which is built out over the water and it s
Downtown Ketchikan is very quaint town which is built out over the water and its unique shops cling to the weathered wooden boardwalks

Tlingit carved and painted wooden totem pole on display at the University of Alaska cultural museum in Fairbanks

Traditionally the Tlingit used wood stakes and cedar pins to slow cook salmon over low flame fires giving the fish a smokey flavor. (PR)

The Algonkin Indians made and used snow shoes for hunting and trapping during the long winter months of todays provinces of Quebec and Ontario in Canada. (PR)

Canada, BC, Victoria, Thunderbird Park, Totem Pole

Canada, BC, Victoria, Inner Harbour, Totem Pole

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