Grand Hall tour

The Grouse (Pisté'i) and Its Brood

The grouse is one of the crests of the fireweed phratry. The grouse represents the Mother and is always shown with her brood. This section is a replacement for the original.

The grouse crest appears on other traditional objects as well. In the picture on the right, from the re-dedication ceremony, two button blanket representations of the Grouse Crest are shown. That on the left shows the traditional representation of the grouse and its brood. That on the right is a modern representation combining the fireweed crest around the mother grouse and its brood; the half sun, representing the house of Gim-sta-lox ("House-of-the-inside-the-half-Sun") can be seen in the fireweed beneath the mother grouse.