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Fort Nez Perce686 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.

Native Pride and Native Sovereignty686 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.

The Real Mattox Residence682 viewsChuck and Elouise Mattox's exquisite house in Bend, Oregon. Note the weeping cedar tree just to the right of center - one of my favorite features of the property.

Chipmunk Chicanery681 viewsMeanwhile, Alvin the Chipmunk sneaked in to steal the show from Pokey the Porcupine.

Pokey con-descends681 viewsHe did climb down from his perch nimbly and unaided, and now he munches contentedly on a treat while his buddy extolls his virtues and elucidates his lifestyle.

Native American Handicrafts680 viewsAnother line of business often pursued by Native Americans is the production and sale of traditional goods such as baskets, pottery, jewelry, scalps, etc.

Desert Diorama679 viewsPart of the Spirit of the West exhibit, which offers a walk through time, beginning with a stroll past a Northern Paiute shelter and a fur trapper’s camp, continuing through a Hudson’s Bay Company fort, past an Oregon Trail wagon, through a hard rock mine, then a settler’s cabin and finally the boomtown of Silver City. Warning: Some of the captions for the pictures feature tongue-in-cheek, politically incorrect comments which are made in a spirit of fun and not intended to be taken seriously but which some people will find insensitive, outrageous, and offensive. Persons of tender sensitivities on ethnic, environmental, or animal rights issues may want to skip this section. In other words, if you don't have an easygoing sense of humor, bugger off.

Contemplating the fate of Castoroides677 viewsSandie laments the extinction of the giant beaver Castoroides, thinking it might have provided her with a fine fur coat in its heyday, and wondering if we're next.

Beaver Behemoth670 viewsCastoroides was one of many megafauna to roam North America in the Pleistocene, sharing the landscape with mammoths, mastodons, and saber-tooth cats, who wound up gobbling up so many of the Castoroides that both went extinct.

A parking place for Sonja669 viewsAnother view of the house front, with our Subaru Red Sonja parked next to it behind Chuck's truck.

A Prickly Character669 viewsPokey the Porcupine, Gert the Grey Fox's next-door neighbor. We met up with him again later.

Reservation Tipi669 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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