We’ve got a brand new design available on our RedBubble Shop page! Created by our very own in house artist, take a look at this fabulous vector rendering of three dolls from our exhibits! There’s a lot of visitors that have expressed on previous occasions that weren’t expecting such a […]
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We know from the inquiring calls we receive, that many of you are eagerly awaiting the date of our Annual event. It is with great sadness that we officially announce that we feel it is in the best interest of all involved that we postpone for a second time. We […]
The museum recently received a generous donation from Susan Radke recognizing long-time museum volunteer Gray Hawk Parsons. In making the gift, Susan wrote: In the spirit of gratitude, please accept this donation in honor of Gray Michael Parsons who continues to educate us about the resilient culture of Native Americans in […]
With winter months upon us and COVID-19 at ever increasing numbers, we’d like to remind you about our RedBubble shop where you can order things and they print on demand! All of our designs can be found at our REDBUBBLE SHOP SITE. Items purchased from RedBubble are created and shipped […]
After multiple requests from our fantastic supporters, we have added a way to donate to the museum from the safety of your home! Just go to any page on the museum website that has a right sidebar and you should see the button right near the top! You should be […]
One of our very special Christmas gifts this year was a food basket donated on our behalf by Linda & Victor Eure. The donation was made to the Southwest Indian Foundation which has a mission to provide: ” substantial school grants and individual tuition assistance, homes for battered women and […]
In a previous post, we shared information on Inuit dolls made by young girls. But not all dolls were made by children. Adults often made dolls designed for the tourist trade. While the children’s work lacked a lot of artistic detail, the dolls made by adults for sale to the […]
Let’s Work Together to Help Keep Our Navajo Sisters Warm! This is what was stated at the end of the mission statement for this project from the site FrenchGeneral. If you have some quilting fabric, embroidery scraps, notions (including thread, scissors, etc), batting, old bits and pieces, sewing books or […]
The museum hopes everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend.On Friday we had a visit from two of our amazing long time volunteers, Anna Meshejlan and Patrick Basloe. They planted several North Carolina wildflowers and shrubs as part of a long-term project for the museum’s Natural History Center.. A buttonbush, elderberry bush, red buckeye, marsh sunflower, rattlesnake […]
When US military codes kept being broken by the Germans in WW1 a Native American tribe came to the rescue. They just spoke their own language – which baffled the enemy – and paved the way for other Native American “code talkers” in WW2. It’s an irony that probably didn’t […]
We are so happy to be able to share that we’ve had a number of sales of the book of poetry for the new publication of a small collection of poetry written by Bear Plummer, a long term volunteer at the museum. We’ve also decided to make a small change […]
Each Monday, we try to bring a piece of the what’s going on in our world to our followers on the internet. But we to involve YOU! With so many people still staying safe at home and children learning remotely, we can use this time as a chance to bridge […]