Vol. 5 / No. 4

By: Frances Eyman

An Unusual Winnebago War Club and An American Water Monster

In 1839, Caleb W. Pusey, scion of a prominent Philadelphia family, was in the Winnebago country of Wisconsin, taking part […]

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Vol. 6 / No. 4

By: Frances Eyman

Lacrosse and the Cayuga Thunder Rite

Lacrosse, the great combative team sport among Indians of eastern North America, is today the national sport of canada and […]

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Vol. 7 / No. 4

By: Frances Eyman

American Indian Gaming Arrows and Stick-Dice

Games and gambling seem to be world-wide in their appeal. Only the most archaic of hunting cultures, those of the […]

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Vol. 8 / No. 3

By: Frances Eyman

A Grizzly Bear Carving From The Missouri Valley

Some of the most compelling art objects made by the North American Indian are small, and their effect is due […]

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Vol. 11 / No. 2

By: John Witthoft and Frances Eyman

The Wyoming Expedition of 1968

The Shoshone, like many other nomadic peoples of the Plains and the Rockies, are scarcely known to archaeology. Their ways […]

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Vol. 11 / No. 3

By: Frances Eyman and John Witthoft

Metallurgy of the Tlingit, Dene, and Eskimo

Tlingit ethnographic collections include large numbers of copper objects in many types, most of them made from the commercial copper […]

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