It's a traditional part of regalia for Plateau and some NW coastal tribes - more specifically, Nez Perce, Yakama, Colville, Umatilla, Warm Springs, etc. They are normally called a basket cap, because the old-style ones are made out of the same materials as the old baskets or corn-husk bags. They are slightly conical with a flat top (like a fez), whereas more southern coastal people wore the bowl-shaped basket hats. They just started beading them in modern (post 1900) times. You still see them alot around here, and they have great "basket cap" specials at powwows in Washington and Oregon.
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