Lelooska Museum

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Lelooska Foundation and Cultural Center
Totem Pole Sculpture by Lelooska Smith displayed at Denver Museum of Nature and Science.jpg
Carved sculpture by Lelooska in Denver, Colorado
Lelooska Museum
Established1977 [1]
Location165 Merwin Village Road
Ariel, Cowlitz County, Washington
Coordinates 45°57′25″N122°34′19″W / 45.957°N 122.572°W / 45.957; -122.572
Type Native American cultural
FounderLelooska, Don Morse Smith [2] [3]
DirectorMariah Stoll-Smith Reese [1]
PresidentTsungani Fearon M. Smith [4]
OwnerLelooska Foundation
Website lelooska.org

'The Lelooska Foundation and Cultural Center' is a living history museum in Ariel, Washington, highlighting Kwakwaka'wakw and other Indigenous cultures and histories. [5] It is operated by the Lelooska Foundation that was established in 1977. [4] [1]

Contents

The museum is a nonprofit organization with nine employees. [4]

Collections

Collections include baskets, parfleches, corn husk bags, dolls, spoons, cradles, moccasins, tomahawks, pipes, pipe bags, dresses, a 15-foot birchbark canoe, and a replica fur trade store.

Living history

The foundation operating the museum also sponsors living history programs and performances, conducts classes in woodcarving and other Native art forms, and demonstrations of dance and basket weaving. [1] [6]

Founder

Lelooska, Don Morse Smith, for whom the foundation is named, was a non-Native artist [2] who carved sculptures and totem poles, one of which is displayed at the Christchurch International Airport in New Zealand, and another at the Oregon Zoo. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Lelooska Foundation holds annual fundraiser". The Reflector. Battle Ground, Washington. 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  2. 1 2 "Pendant". National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Baker, Dean; Oregonian, Special to The (2013-08-06). "Lelooska family helps keep Native traditions alive in Ariel, Washington". OregonLive.com. Retrieved 2015-09-03.
  4. 1 2 3 "Lelooska Foundation". Cause IQ. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Kozlowski, Ellie (2021). Washington Day Trips by Theme. Cambridge, MN: Adventure Publications. ISBN   9781591939252.
  6. ↑ "Lelooska Foundation Living History performances", The Daily News , Longview, Washington, November 12, 2016
  7. ↑ "Lelooska, Master Carver, Won Acclaim For His Totem Poles", The Seattle Times , September 7, 1996
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