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WHITMAN MISSION NHS MUSEUM WORKSHEET

1. Find the tomahawk displayed with the Indian photographs and arrowheads.
   What else, besides chopping or cutting could this have been used for? (Look closely.)
   



2. Do you see the parfleche? What colors are used to decorate it?
   
   Draw a small picture of it.
   
   
   
   
   
   



3. Describe the dishes in the cupboard.
   
   
   



4. Name three items, in addition to the dishes, that are located in the homemaking display.
   
   



5. There are two toys displayed in the museum. What are they?
   



6. There is a blue dress in a display. Name 3 items used to decorate it
   
   



7. Find the Circle of Life. What are some of the activities pictured in the sections for:
   
   SPRING
   
   SUMMER
   
   FALL
   
   WINTER
   
   


8. How many figures are there in the center section of the museum?
   
   Describe whom two of these figures represent.
   



9. What is the figure of the Indian girl holding in her hand?
   
   



10. Find the Indian woman who is digging roots. What is her digging tool made out of?
    



11. Find the figures of the hunter and medicine man. What are their moccasins made from?
    



12. Look at the Whitman-Spalding 1836 Route map. What city did they start in?
    



13. Name the four Sager girls whose pictures hang in the museum.
    



14. Name two items that are on display that belonged to Marcus Whitman.
    
    



15. Look at the wagon wheel. What is the tire made of?

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