The Sugpiat community’s traditional Angyaaq boat is reconstructed and leaves shore for the first time in over a century.
A small tear in a blanket revealed a rare piece of history hiding in plain sight.
Aaron Parker's and Chris Cunningham's premiered their live art performance, ƛ’ix̌aq: Animal Skin, at the Burke Museum
Burke archaeologists are working to preserve ancestral artifacts owned by the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe in the North Cascades.
UW Pacific Islander students used their experience as Burke researchers to decode Oceanic objects and traditions in Disney's Moana.
Information about the remains known as Kennewick Man/The Ancient One, one of the oldest and most complete skeletons found in North America.
Beginning 4,000 years ago, people shifted from living solely on wild foods to farming and raising domestic animals. Why did this change occur?
More than fifty years ago, a 25-foot-long dugout canoe was found eroding out of a muddy bank of the Green River.
Highlighting and celebrating the heritage of Native peoples in our state, region and country.
This stone woodcarving adze—broken and embedded in a piece of cedar—is unlike most items in our archaeological collections.
The Burke Museum has a traditional jukung in its Culture collections, but until recently its origins were a mystery.
A groundbreaking project to reestablish traditional dugout canoe culture among their five Inland Northwest member tribes.