Idaho History Museum

Petroglyph

A village with very fancy teepees

Wow!  (I like that word!)  This classroom looks like the American History Museum in Washington, D.C. -- well, almost!  It certainly smells great with all the dugout canoes and the dugout shelter which were made from soap.

To the left is a petroglyph created with plaster of paris.  The artist told us that he is showing a warrior ready to go to battle.  Notice his shield and spear.

This village was built inside a shoe box!  Thank goodness for the flash on my camera!

This village shows teepees and a long house.  The Nez Perce lived in long houses before they got horses.  After horses, they adopted the culture of the Plains Indians which included teepees.

We have a battle going on in this village, although, I'm thinking that the women will be happy to find such big berries to gather for winter!

This horse is pulling a travois.  Before Native Americans got horses from the Spanish, they used dogs to pull travois.  Some tribes called their horses Elk Dogs, big as an elk, but useful like a dog. hummmm

Pictograph is painting on a rock.
Notice the hunter and his prey.