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Northwest Coast totem poles
Northwest Coast totem poles greet visitors at the entrance to the Burke Museum.
Photo by Gabe Kean
» 2006 Burke in the News
December 4, 2006
An American woman in Asia: Exhibit showcases photographs from 1920s expedition

December 4, 2006
An Unfinished Work

November 18, 2006
Scientists not done with whale carcass yet

October 20, 2006
Mason County salmon fossils are about 1 million years old

October 19, 2006
Salmon fossils dated to 1 million years

October 19, 2006
Seek, and ye shall ... probably have to seek some more

October 18, 2006
Sacred Chilliwack carving set for repatriation

October 17, 2006
Bringing T’xwelatse back home

October 14, 2006
Do it like the original Northwesterners did

October 7, 2006
Sacred sculpture returned to Native groups

October 5, 2006
Seattle artist adds his own vision to traveling Day of the Dead exhibit

October 5, 2006
T'xwelatse comes home: Image of tribe's legendary founder

October 4, 2006
Burke Museum is releasing sculpture to Canadian tribe

October 4, 2006
Medicine man is heading home to B.C.

September 29, 2006
Day of the Dead is celebrated in pictures


September 29, 2006
Burke offers a look at Day of Dead fete

August 21, 2006
Tribes, Scientists Still Divided Over 'The Ancient One'

August 18, 2006
Adventures in DNA: Middle school students do real research at the Burke

August 18, 2006
Some Kennewick Man Mysteries May Last To Eternity

August 18, 2006
On The Fly: Paul Bannick

April 17, 2006
Museum Exhibit of Marshallese Artifacts Planned

March 6, 2006
Burke Museum's Dinosaur Day draws fans of all ages

March 6, 2006
Seeing ancient bones at the Burke on Dinosaur Day can be indescribably calming

March 6, 2006
Ancient bones offer glimpse into how earliest settlers lived

February 16, 2006
Maori weavings thread old and new ways with eternal values in Burke exhibit

February 6, 2006
Museum to review collection

January 30, 2006
Museum's fossils may be tainted, report says

January 3, 2006
Burke's ANWR exhibit one of the "Best bets for the weekend"

January 3, 2006
Feature on UW's Peter Ward

January 3, 2006
Burke dinosaur experts consulted for advice
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