Museums - Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum

The Four Rivers Cultural Center Museum gathers within its walls more than a century of history. The museum exhibits trace the settlement patterns of the Northern Paiutes as well as Basque, Japanese/Americans, Hispanic, and Euro-American immigrants. The Native element of the collection consists of artifacts from the Sioux, Navajo, Paiute, Haida, and Ancients. Among the collection are artifacts of weaving traditions from the Yurok, Pomo, Eskimos, Apache, Tottonio Odham and Yucca. There is also an extensive collection of lithic objects, including arrow points, atlatl points, knives, scrapers, and drills. Objects from the Northwest include examples from many tribes including Wishram, Makah, Yakama, Quinault, Shushwap, Tlinket, and Klikitat. Pottery from the Southwest Pueblo tribes represents the Zuni, Hopi, Anasazi, and Mogollon. Examples of beads and buckskin are from the Umatilla, Flathead, Wasco, Crow and Wishram tribes.