The Franklin County Historical Society and Museum in Pasco, Washington, has a display relating to the Indians in the Franklin County area.
According to the display:
“Cultural knowledge transmitted through myth (ancient), tale (experiential), lore (anecdotal), and oral history provides practical and symbolic means to meaningfully relate to place and culture. These experiences develop more sensibilities for respect, stewardship, reciprocity (sharing), cooperation, hospitality, and cleanliness. Songs express appreciation for the ‘law’ that descended to Earth and put all things in existence commemorating the sacrifice of creation for humanity, and our gratitude.”
According to the display:
“Songs, dances, feasts, rites and other ceremonies recognize and commemorate relationships with one another, within families, among generations, and between peoples and creation.”
Indians 101
Indians 101 is a series celebrating American Indian cultures, arts, crafts, histories, biographies, and current concerns. More from this series:
Indians 101: Forced Christianity 150 Years Ago, 1869
Indians 101: Disease and Indians in the 16th Century
Indians 101: Sixteenth-Century Books About Indians
Indians 101: Acoma Pueblo and the Spanish, 1539-1599
Indians 101: The Eastern Woodlands Culture Area
Indians 201: Sealth (Seattle), Suquamish/Duwamish Leader
Indians 101: Murdering a Peaceful Chief, Peopeo Moxmox
Indians 101: A Display of American Indian Beadwork (Photo Diary)