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The Cowboys are the Indians474 viewsI know, they're not Indians, they're Native Americans. Regardless, many of them went into the ranching business and became rather successful at it.
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Fort Nez Perce469 viewsScots officers, French Canadian and Iroquois fur trappers manned the fort, which was named for what was presumably the dominant local Native American tribe, upon whose lands the fort was encroaching.
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Fortunate Fox468 viewsAlthough foxes are members of the Canid family, they share many of the traits of cats, such as the propensity to sleep all day. Gert thinks it's pretty cool to be able to make her living doing almost nothing.
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Deja vu all over again467 viewsThe nice lady guides Bigelow back around to the ramp so he can do his routine all over again.
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Rambling Rodent467 viewsAlvin the Chipmunk has returned to his natural habitat, from which he can safely observe the loony humans parading by.
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Native Pride and Native Sovereignty461 viewsModern Native Americans take pride in their heritage and vigorously assert their sovereignty, which sometimes involves claiming to belong to several different tribes at once.
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The Dizzying Heights461 viewsQuestion now is, how do we get him to come back down? Even if he wants to, will he be able? I don't think the FIre Department will come to his rescue...
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Mattox Family RV459 viewsIn reality, an Oregon Trail Conestoga wagon. This example had the equivalent for its time of what today would be a flat tire. (Actually this is just the museum's way of making it harder to steal.).
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Life on the Frontier459 viewsA pioneer woman preparing to enter her log cabin in the backwoods of the Pacific Northwest. It was customary in those days to wear masks to ward off diseases such as smallpox and tuberculosis.
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Fur Fort Warehouse455 viewsI don't remember the purpose of the large machine at the right, nor do I know why they would need a cannon, other than to fend off the aggressive, greedy and belligerent American Yankees (this was the era of "Fifty-four forty or fight").
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Reservation Tipi455 viewsPlateau Indians continued to put up tipis even after they moved into regular houses, and some still use them to house visitors (especially white tourists looking for the authentic Indian experience, who pay lucrative fees for the privilege), or to sleep in during hot summer months (because it was better than the air conditioning supplied by the housing contractors).
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Escape Hatch451 viewsThe Indians also cleverly placed their tipis near the exit door so they could make quick getaways when the US cavalry came to round them up.
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