Indians of North America; Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America; Haida indians; Haida Indians -- Rites and ceremonies; Totem poles; Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.); British Columbia; 1900s
For hundreds of years the Haida people have inhabited the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, Canada. Many Northwest Coast cultures carve totem poles but the Haida are widely regarded as the best carvers and are considered the finest totem...
Puppets; Vietnam; Vietnam -- Social life and customs; Puppets -- Vietnam
Due to its climate, Vietnam is a very humid and wet country. For hundreds of years, Vietnamese people have raised crops of rice in fields of water, fished and tended animals to make a living. Water is very much a part of their world and is often...
Indians of North America; Indians of North America -- Games; Games
Chunkey is a game of skill that was played by many Native American groups in the United States. Two players would throw long slender poles at a smooth stone disk that was rolling on the ground. The player’s pole closest to where the stone disk...
This is a model of a Mongolian home called a yurt or ger. It is said that Mongolians do not appreciate the term yurt as much as ger, because yurt is the term used by Western invaders. Many Mongols are nomadic people, thus ger make wonderful homes...
