By appointment, and Saturdays 11:00am-3:00pm, Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend.
The Lelooska Museum holds an immense collection of artifacts from many regions: the Northwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and the Arctic. These items are many and varied including baskets, parfleches, corn husk bags, dolls, spoons, cradles, moccasins, tomahawks, pipes, pipe bags, dresses, a 15 foot birch bark canoe and an entire replica fur trade store fully furnished to the period. The Lelooska Foundation uses this collection to share the great diversity of our Native Peoples of North America with the students and adults who attend our living history program and visit our museum. Although these artifacts have been shared for decades, most do not belong to the Lelooska Foundation. The majority of the pieces are on loan to the Lelooska Foundation and belong to the Estate of Chief Lelooska and some Lelooska Family members.
The Lelooska Foundation Acquisitions Committee was created by non-Lelooska Family Board Members who are interested in preserving and adding to the Lelooska Foundation Permanent Collection. The Committee has identified their top priority to be the preservation of the Lelooska Museum Collection.
Phone: 360-225-9522© 2001 Lelooska Foundation Committee Members:
Fax: 360-225-7416
www.lelooska.org
P.O. Box 526
Ariel, WA 98603
Darwin Goodey, Chair
Rose Petersen
Gretchen Fuller
Lil Freese
Pam Cundy
Through generous gift to the Lelooska Foundation Acquisitions Committee, several items are already part of the Lelooska Foundation Permanent Collection including:
Flathead Baby Board c1890
Southern Cedar Bark Hat c1880's
Spruce Root Hat c1960
Yakima Women's Dress c1940
Poogweese Mask by Lelooska
Wasco Wooden Ladle
Crow Saddle Blanket
Pair of fringed Bonnet Cases
Trade cloth Dress
Crow Dress on Blue Stroud
Chief Lelooska bequeathed one third of his collection of artifacts and carvings to the Lelooska Foundation in his will. His hope was that the remainder of the collection would also become part of the Lelooska Foundation Permanent Collection, allowing this immense cultural resource to remain intact for generations to come.
In 1997 a group of concerned educators and individuals banded together to form the Lelooska Artifact Preservation Fund. They raised funds to purchase artifacts from the Estate of Lelooska and donate them back to the Lelooska Foundation. They raised over $5,000.00 and were able to preserve six important artifacts. These pieces are now part of the Lelooska Foundation Permanent Collection.
With the formation of the Lelooska Foundation Acquisitions Committee it is now possible for cash donations to be made to the Acquisitions Committee and go towards purchasing artifacts for the Lelooska Foundation Permanent Collection. The Lelooska Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization. All donations will be properly receipted for your tax purposes All donations, large and small make a difference! You can make a difference today!!! Please fill out this form and return it with your donation.
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