Good Day in Chinook Jargon:)
Yesterday we decided to take advantage of two campus museums as they were free on home game weekends of the Ducks football season.
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History was so fascinating that we ran out of time to go to the Art Museum. Oregon.........where past is present. From the hands -on paleo lab and the Condon Fossil Collection to many different examples of Indian basketry and bead work........as well as evolution of the horse in this part of the country...........all well done and very user friendly. I always wonder why don't we come more often?
Local crops for the Indians consisted mainly of camas, salmon, berries, other roots, deer . On the way home we saw a guy selling fresh chanterelles from his truck......so we bought some for dinner. Maybe the Willamette Valley Kalapuyan Indians also ate these colorful shrooms? but probably not in Olive oil.................
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