The Museum's Ethnographic Collection is composed primarily of objects produced by Indigenous groups from Western North America, with a special focus on cultural groups with contemporary and/or ancestral territory in the modern state of Utah - Goshute, Paiute, Shoshone, Ute, and Navajo (Diné), as well as many Puebloan tribes. The earliest objects were collected in the 1870s, with perhaps the best-known objects being beaded regalia, moccasins, and Navajo baskets. The collection also includes textiles, clothing, masks, weapons, musical instruments, Kachinas, basketry, jewelry, and ceramics. But objects are not the only focus of our work - we continue to grow our collection of oral histories and interviews with Native peoples about their culturally-affiliated objects and culture