The Kathy Reis Memorial

NATIVE AMERICAN COLLECTION

Group I

Eastern Woodland Indians

A.  Media

            1.  Audiocassette "The Songs and Dances of the Eastern Indians"

            2.  Books:  The Lenape or Delaware Indians

        The Woodland Indians

                                Houses of bark

3.  Set of Teacher's Kits:

a. White Teaching Kit 1:     A Teacher's Guide to the Lenape

b. Yellow Teaching Kit  2:  Lenape Lore/Foods & Medicines (loose leaf)

c. Yellow Teaching Kit 2:  Teacher's Guide

d. Purple Teaching Kit 3:  Lenape Lore/Clothing, Shelter, Crafts, Weapons, Tools, Specialties (loose leaf)

e. Purple Teaching Kit 3:  Teacher's Guide

4.  Loose Leaf Notes on the Lenape

            5.  Framed Identification of Collection for Display Purposes

            6.  Blue Folder with Inventory and additional information.

 

B.  Artifacts

1.  Beads

            a.  Trade Beads  (3 attachments)

            b. Purple Wampum

            c. White Wampum (1 attachment for both)

            d. Floral Beaded Strip (1 attachment) (missing)

            2.  Beaded Moccasins (1 attachment)

            3.  Turtle Shell Rattle

            4.  Deer Toe Dance Rattles (ankle cuffs)

            5.  Roach Headdress (in clear plastic container)

            6.  Corn Husk Doll (w/ extra corn husks to make doll project) (3 attachments)

 

C.  Raw Materials

1. Indian Corn (1 attachment)

            2. Cattail

            a. Fruit (in clear plastic box - please do not open)

            b. Seeds (in clear plastic box - please do not open)

            c. Stalk (1 attachment)

            3.  Two Rabbit Pelts

            4.  Brain Tanned Deer Leather Sample (1 attachment)

            5.  Beaver Tooth (1 attachment)

            6.  Gourds

            a. Ladle

            b. Cup (missing)

            c. Container with Lid

            d. Small gourd

 

D.  Stone Tool Artifacts

            1.  Celt

            2. Axe

            3. Hammer Stone

            4. Mill Stone

            5. Scraper Stone

            6. Net Sinker

            7. Drill (in very small box)

            8. Spear point (in very small box)

            9. Pottery Shard (in very small box)

 

Group II

Eastern Woodland Indians

A.  Media

1. Coffee Table Book, Native American Art by David W. Penney and

            George C. Longfish

            2. The Woodland Indians

            3. The Indians of Lenapehoking

            4. Houses of Bark

 

B.  Artifacts

            1.  Corn Husk Mask

            2.  Turkey Feather Headdress

            3.  Porky Roach Headdress

            4.  Ransom Belt

            5.  Pipe

            6.  Gourd Ladle

            7.  Deer skin moccasins

            8.  Turtle Shell Necklace

            9.  Club

            10.  Arrow

            11.  Pottery

 

C.  Raw Materials

            1.  Leather Samples

                        a. Moose

                        b. Elk

                        c. Deer

                        d. Smoked “Brain” tanned hide

            2.  Badger Claw

            3.  Lynx Claw

 

D.  Musical Instruments

1.  Cow Horn Rattle

2.  Turtle Shell Rattle

3.  Flute

 

IN STORAGE:

E.  Raw Materials

 Tree Bark (black plastic bag on shelves)

 

Group III

Plains Indians

 

A.  Media  (Located together in one large ziplock bag)

            1. Book:  Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village by Michael Bad Hand Terry

            2. Book:  Buffalo Hunt by Russell Freidman

            3. Book:  Houses of hide and earth

            4. Audiocassette:  Little Corner Singers - Old time Blackfeet Music

            5. CD:  Authentic Native American Music (missing)

            6. Video:  Twig Johnson discusses all 4 Native American Collections (missing)

            7. Framed Title of Exhibit

8. Blue Folder with Inventory and internet information (not in the ziplock bag, placed so it is on top when you open the box)

            9. Book:  The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin (missing)

            10. Book: The Legacy of Plains Indian Shirts

            11. “Idea” folder

           

B. Artifacts  (All the small artifacts are together in one large ziplock bag)

            1.    Deer Toe Rattle (1 attachment, not in a plastic bag)

            2.    Hunka Wand (4 attachments, in its own plastic bag)

            3.    Quilled Turtle Amulet (4 attachments)

            4.    Moose hide moccasins (3 attachments)

            5.    Beaded Pouch (2 attachments)

            a. Pony Bead Sample

            b. Seed Bead Sample

            6.    Bead Strip (1 attachment)

            7.    Buckskin Bag with Daily Life Essentials (2 attachments)

            a. Bone awl

            b. Bone needle

            c. Sinew Thread

            d. Strike-a Light Devise

            i.  Metal Striker (looks like “[“)

            ii.  Flint

            iii. Char Cloth and kindling (missing)

            8.  Parfleche Bag (3 attachments, in its own ziplock bag)

           

C.  Raw Material Samples (All in one large ziplock bag)

            1.  Rawhide Samples

            a.  Deer (1 attachment)

            b.  Whitened (1 attachment)

            c.  Softened (1 attachment)

            d.  White Buckskin (1 attachment)

                                    e.  Smoked Buckskin (2 attachments)

            f.  Thick Rawhide

            2.   Sweetgrass (1 attachment)  (Not to be removed from container

            3.  Dried Elk Meat

            4.  Petri Dishes

            a.  Yellow Ochre Earth Paint

            b.  Red Ochre Earth Paint

            c.  Bone Marrow

            d.  Dyed Porcupine Quills

            e.  Wild Mint Tea

            f.  Dried Sarvis Berries

            g.  Deer Dew Claws

            h.  Obsidian Arrowhead

D.  Tipi Model  (In its own container)

 

Group IV

Southwestern Indians

A.  Pueblo Items:

            1.  Acoma Pueblo Ceramic Pot (in cardboard box/extremely fragile)

            2.  Kachina Doll

            a.  Book:  Hopi Kachinas:  The Complete Guide to Collecting Kachina Dolls

            b.  Coloring Book:  The Kachina Doll Book

            c.  Coloring Book:  Children of the Hopi

3.  Clay Storyteller Figurine in cardboard box (very fragile)

            a.  Book:  Pueblo Stories and Storytellers.

4.  Bear Soapstone Fetish  (Zuni)

            5.  Bear Rattle                                  

            6.  Rawhide and Wood Drum (6a) with Stick (6b)

            7.  Book: Houses of Adobe

 

B.  Navajo Items:

            1.  Clothe Storyteller Doll

            2.  Small Red Moccasins

            3.  Navajo Rug

            a.  Story Book:  The Goat in the Rug

4.  Small Sand Painting in box 

            5.  Silver and Turquoise Bracelet

            6.  Book:  The Navajo

            7.  Framed Weave print

 

C.  Miscellaneous Southwestern Cultures:

            1.  Small Papago Indian Basket

            a.  Story Book:  The Desert is Theirs

2.  California Pine Needle Basket

            3.  Ancient Pottery Shards

 

D.  Additional Items:

            1.  Folder with Inventory Sheets and Printouts

            2.  Identification in Frame for Showcase Display

            3.  Labels for Display

            4.  CD of Native American Music (missing)

            5.  Coffee Table Book:  North American Indians

            6.  Book:  Southwest Indian Designs

 

Group V

Pacific Northwest Indians

A.  Media

            1.  Book:  Potlatch:  A Tsimshian Celebration by Hoyt-Goldsmith

            2.  Activity Book:  The Cedar Plank Mask by McNutt

            3.  Storybook:  The Raven Steals the Light by Reid

            4.  Audio CD:  Authentic Native American Music

            5.  Framed Identification for Showcase Display

            6.  Folder with Inventory and other information

                        a. Miscellaneous Photo of Spirit Mask

            7.  Book: Houses of Wood

 

B.  Framed Artwork

            1.  Framed Thunderbird Print

            2.  Framed Salmon Print

 

C.  Artifacts

            1.  Northwest Coast Doll

            a.  Button Blanket Wrap

            b.  Red Abalone Headband

            c.  Stand for Doll

            d. 2 Pages of Laminated Documentation

2.  Authentic Carved Cedar Mask in Clear Plastic Container with packing under chin (fragile).

            a.  One half page of documentation in box with mask.

3.  Drum

            a.  Drum

            b.  Stick

                  4.  Set of Tlingit Totem Poles (2)

             5.  Raven Wood Carving

 

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