Illustrations of Totem carvings

       Haida  are an indigenous group who have traditionally occupied Haida Gwaii, an archipelago just off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, for at least 12,500 years.

Discussion about a memorial totem pole.

       The Haida are known for their craftsmanship, trading skills, and seamanship. They are thought to have frequently carried out raids and to have practised slavery. The Haida have been compared to the Vikings by Diamond Jenness, an early anthropologist at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Read more...

Illustrated totem poles

Animal totem pole motifs from the Haida Indian of the North Pacific sections of
North America. These plates show strong positive design arrangements,
a good influence for the hesitant over-detail-inclined student to study.

Hopi Ceremonial Artifacts

       The Hopi are a Native American tribe who primarily live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census, there are 19,338 Hopi in the country. The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation within the United States and has government-to-government relations with the United States federal government. Particular villages retain autonomy under the Hopi Constitution and Bylaws. The Hopi language is one of 30 in the Uto-Aztecan language family. The majority of Hopi people are enrolled in the Hopi Tribe of Arizona but some are enrolled in the Colorado River Indian Tribes. The Hopi Reservation covers a land area of 2,531.773 sq mi (6,557.26 km²). Read more...

• Read more about Katchina Dolls
• Hopi Nation: Essays on Indigenous Art, Culture, History and Law (pdf)
• Hopi Origin Story - English captions, delivered in Hopi

Color clip art of Hopi Ceremonial artifacts: dolls and woven crests from Arizona.

Clip Art of Popular Native American Artifacts

        Clip art page depicting popular cultural artifacts crafted by many Native American tribes include" bows and arrows, wampum drill, tom-tom drum and dance rattles. Students make wish to paste these resources inside of a journal about cultural artifacts or arts and craft methods.

• The Dress of A Blackfoot Brave - Naskapi boys have toy bows and arrows
• Craft a Paper War Bonnet - worn by Plains indians
• The Jungle Dance - drums and rattles used in many native cultures
• Navajo Rag Dolls - wear copies of native jewelry

Popular Native American Crafts.

Things found in the art classroom...

       Things found in the art classroom include: a brayer set, paint brushes, garbage cans, wood tools, charts, bulletin boards, block printing equipment, paper easels nail box and a bulletin board. These clip art  pages are for students and teachers to use within the context of a classroom only. They may not be sold or republished from alternative resources.

       More supplies found in an art classroom might include the following clip art: shelves, windows, saw horse, benches, drawing benches, drawing boards, file cabinets and jars of paint.

• See an art supply cabinet for Dolls too!

Click to download the largest file size.

porcupine quill artifacts

Share with your students a selection of quill decorated, Native American artifacts in a slide show or newsletter or print them out to include in a journal.  Back to the Index.

Man's quilled buckskin vest, Oglala Sioux, South Dakota. CA, 1880

Quill Decorated Deerskin Moccasins

Quill Decorated Knife Sheaths

Woven quillwork on caribou hide, left - flat pouch, center - knife sheath, right - pouch

Quill decorated birchbark box and cover from Nova Scotia

clip art of native american baskets

       Share with your students a selection of Native American artifacts in a slide show or newsletter or print them out to include in a journal. The following artifacts are from the Chetimacha, Wintun and Tulare tribes. Back to the Index.

Cane baskets of the Chetimacha Natives, Louisiana. In the National Museum

"Sitting" type of cradle used by the Wintun Native Americans of Northern California

Upper, Ancient ceremonial basket of exquisite workmanship
 from Santa Barbara County, California. Lower, Tulare trinket
 basket from the Tulare Native Reservation, California.
Both are in the National Museum.

Basketry designs from different Indian tribes of North America.

material culture of north american plains indians

       Share with your students a selection of Native American artifacts in a slide show or newsletter or print them out to include in a journal. The following artifacts are from the Blackfoot and Dakota tribes. Back to the Index.

Medicine pipe of the Blackfoot

Wrapped medicine pipe of the Blackfoot

A buffalo hide shield from the Northern Blackfoot

Bag decorated with porcupine quills and beads from the Dakota

Fleshing tools. (The two short fleshers are of bone; the one on
the left is of iron; and that on the right, of bone, with an iron blade.)

A woman's dress of elkskin

A meat drying rack from the Blackfoot

Stone-headed pounders

A man's shirt from the Blackfoot