OK, I told you last time I was going to give you the results of my taking the Kamana “Tourist Test,” so here it is ( Read more... )

What are some of the things that all civilizations that crash have in common ( Read more... )

An extract from The Flathead Indians of Montana, by Harry Holbert Turney-High. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association. Contributions from Montana State University [now the University of Montana, Missoula, MT]. Number 48, 1937. Supplement to American Anthropologist, Volume 39, No. 4, Part 3 ( Read more... )

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For me, the origins of all these ways was living on and off the land, what you ( Read more... )

The paper I gave yesterday at the Montana Archaeological Society Conference, "Haunted Archaeologies," is online now at: http://paranormalmontana.blogspot.com/2012/04/haunted-archaeologies.html

‎2012 MedicineWheel Project slated for February 7th & 8th ( Read more... )

I could do without TV ok as long as I have the Internet. No TV or Internet would be tough. I am a Philistine. I like TV. I enjoy it. I like seeing what is happening all over the world. I could do without it, because I have, but I like it ( Read more... )

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A fantastic animated film about the Canadian Metis (halfbreed French-Indian) culture, about a man who makes a rocking chair, and his family and community and the land...great art, music, culture! Some of my ancestors on my grandmother's side. Many of these folks lived in Montana as well, and were part of the Riel Rebellion. My own family though was ( Read more... )

I put together some info on insects in Montana a few posts ago, so now I am tackling spiders and other arachnids. As with insects, there is no comprehensive source on Montana spiders, so I had to collate materials from the internet and books. The sources are found at the bottom of this post.

Following are some of the most common types of spiders ( Read more... )