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Timeline Photos Mañana domingo, 28 de febrero a las 2 p.m. hora del este (EST), explora la astronomía y la naturaleza desde el conocimiento Maya. El programa será en español y está diseñado para familias con niños de 5-10 años, aunque todas ... 2 Comments

Will there be English sub titles or translation available? My Spanish isn't good enough to follow along.Interested!

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Art of Storytelling: Kevin Noble Maillard (Mekusukey Band of the Seminole Nation) Plans for this #weekend? Learn how to make #FryBread with Kevin Noble Maillard (Mekusukey Band of the Seminole Nation) after he reads his award-winning book "Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story".
The book was illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal - ... 3 Comments

This is such a cute book! I came across it and bought it for my mom! We ate it all ...It is government food, not traditional food.Jeanie Thompson hmmmm

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Timeline Photos This Saturday, Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. EST. Watch Kevin Noble Maillard (Mekusukey Band of the Seminole Nation) reading his award-winning book "Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story", and demonstrating his cooking skills by making some fry bread.
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Beautifully written and illustrated book, yet also represents the changeover to Government commodities, even as many tribes are actively making ...Kudos to Juana Martinez-Neal, the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator, too!We had fried cornbread with most meals. I feel “home” with fried cornbread and a bowl of field peas!

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Timeline Photos Happy Birthday to Zitkála-Šá, also known as Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Yankton Sioux) was a dedicated activist for #NativeAmerican rights. A gifted writer, she was an outspoken critic of Indian boarding schools, having experienced as both student and teacher their policy ... 96 Comments

This photo was taken by Gertrude Kasebier, a progressive female from New York who started her career at age 50. ...Seeing as I 've always been told by my MOTHER AND COUSIN ARMETHIA WE ARE CHEROKEE BY WAY OF OUR ...Also an accomplished violinist and composer. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/zitkala-sa-american-indian-composer-author-activist-qqjsyq/15380/

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Art of Storytelling: Gene Tagaban (Tlingit) Watch it on demand: Art of Storytelling: Gene Tagaban (Tlingit)
Tagaban (Tlingit), also known as “One Crazy Raven,” is a teller of stories that teach, entertain and heal. Gene regales listeners with stories from his grandmother about the trickster Raven.
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Art of Storytelling: Moses Goods (Native Hawaiian) Watch it on demand. Art of Storytelling: Featuring Moses Goods (Native Hawaiian)
Moses Goods is one of Hawai‘i’s most prominent theatre artists and storytellers. He shares traditional Hawaiian stories with a contemporary twist, including one featuring the legendary trickster Maui.
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I visit every several Years ... my daughter lives in DC . They just leave me alone for the day ...visited here. It is wonderful

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Art of Storytelling: Robert Lewis (Cherokee Nation) Watch it on demand: Art of the Storytelling featuring Robert Lewis (Cherokee Nation.)
Native American storytellers use the oral tradition to teach life lessons, tribal histories, and the nuance of languages. Such stories are an essential tool in passing knowledge ... 8 Comments

I would like to formally request that Robert Lewis become my Elder. Also, does the Smithsonian have the power to ...Great stories and delivery.I LOVE thiis. ( sharing..)... Thankyou Mr.Lewis..

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Timeline Photos Experience storytelling with Robert Lewis, who shares stories of his people and culture. Tomorrow, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. EST.
Watch it on YouTube @SmithsonianNMAI
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Let Creativity Be Your Guide This Winter "Winter at Home, A Smithsonian at-home activity guide" is available today from @SmithsonianEdu. Discover 40 pages of educational activities perfect for the season. For those missing Mitsitam Cafe, check out our recipe for Mexican hot chocolate on page 13! https://learninglab.si.edu/news/let-creativity-be-your-guide-this-winter- 1 Comments 40 Likes

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Smithsonian Transcription Center Now live on the Smithsonian Transcription Center: Eight new projects which document the founding of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) in 1944. These projects include early thoughts on the establishment of the NCAI and records from the very ... 2 Comments 141 Likes

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Timeline Photos “I have been fortunate in my professional career, never more so than when I was selected to be director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. I am proud of all that we have accomplished at the museum ... 22 Comments

Congratulations Kevin! So well-deserved after the fine work you’ve done at NMAI. My parents would be so proud. Congratulations Kevin! I’m proud of you!This is awesome Kevin, congratulations! What a legacy you're leaving - thank you!

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Curator Anya Montiel Shares Native American History through Art and Craft Curator Anya Montiel Shares Native American History through Art and Craft
https://womenshistory.si.edu/news/2021/01/curator-anya-montiel-shares-native-american-history-through-art-and-craft
As a curator at two museums at once, Anya Montiel occupies a rare position at the Smithsonian. She works as the curator of American and Native American women's ... 7 Comments

wonderful read Anya!I AM SON OF GODNokomis Paiz

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“But as long as you remember what you have seen, then nothing is gone. As long as you remember, it is part of this story we have together.” ―Leslie Marmon Silko (Laguna Pueblo, b. 1948), from “Ceremony”
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We are living in a chamber we will be glad to put behind us. As all chambers of the past ...What a beautiful image!Que cette citation est bien choisie, cela me donne envie de le lire à nouveau !

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Review | New Native American memorial offers peace in the heart of one of the... This beautifully written review by Philip Kennicott, art and architecture critic at the Washington Post, is a welcome reminder of one of the high points of our year—the completion of the National Native American Veterans Memorial on the grounds of ... 3 Comments

The NMAI is the best place on the national Mall! I was so excited when this project was announced years ...

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Transforming Teaching and Learning About Native Americans 🍎 Educators—in classrooms, online, and at home—get an overview of Native Knowledge 360°, the museum’s national educational initiative. Maria Marable-Bunch, Associate Director for Museum Learning and Programs, covers everything from the textbook survey and community consultations that informed the initiative’s ... 7 Comments

I tried to get more Native American History taught in my high school in the early 70’s and hit a ...Who is the supporter of this non-profit Citizens for National Security?For anyone curious about current state efforts to include Native peoples in public k-12 curricula, I highly recommend this landscape ...

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“I remember when we would camp at Red Church or White Church Christmas week. There would be snow on the ground. We slept in the tent with our Ah-Pea (grandmother), and people would get up and cook in the dining ... 3 Comments

Good God. Good memories to treasure in your hearts.Such a beautiful picture

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“An indispensable leader, an essential follower, and a brilliant strategist, he shaped more Native American civil, human, and treaty rights policies than most people even know are important or why.” —the Northwest Treaty Tribes, honoring Hank Adams
We mourn the ... 11 Comments

Rest in peace, Brave Warrior. Your work here is done. I never knew you and I am not an Indigenous ...I never knew of this man. I just don't have the words to express my amazement. To say "But that's ...So much We fail to acknowledge. This is a piece of history that I am little acquainted with.

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Christmas Across Indian Country, During the Pandemic and Before For the last few years, Native friends have shared their Christmas plans and traditions with the museum. This extraordinary year, we asked how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting people’s families and communities. Their answers are followed with plans and memories ... 210 Likes

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(Re)Telling the American Story
Online Thursday, December 17, at 4 pm
A Zoom webinar especially recommended for middle and high-school students
Free, but advance registration is required via the Facebook event listing or https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/4916007950126/WN_WTI4b4S1Sg2_1NOdsqJIrQ.
The American story has been profoundly ... 8 Comments

Is this the "real" American Gothic?American Gothicpeace pipe instead of pitchfork. Yes!

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian's cover photo USA TODAY has nominated the National Native American Veterans Memorial as one of the United States’ 10 Best New Attractions of 2020. You can vote for the memorial—or another nominee, of course—once each day at https://bit.ly/VeteransMemorialVote.
Voting ends Monday, December ... 12 Comments

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Smithsonian Curator on Why Cleveland's Baseball Team 'Won't Regret' Dropping the 'Indians' From Its Name “Here’s the thing: It feels amazing to be on the right side of history.” —Paul Chaat Smith
Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche), co-curator of the museum's award-winning exhibition “Americans,” offers words of encouragement to Cleveland baseball fans on their team’s decision ... 14 Comments

If you have never been to the museum in DC to experience all they have to offer...
Global customs, history, ...I don't like how this writer is attempting to walk the fence linton this subject. It should have NEVER been ...My brother wrote this article ❤️‼️

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian's cover photo The Smithsonian wants to hear your stories of 2020!
This has been a year unlike any other in living memory. How have these uncertain times affected, challenged, or encouraged Native American and other Indigenous communities? Our museum is posing that ... 2 Comments

Sounds great

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian's cover photo Healing through Native Creativity: Artist Conversations 2020
Available on demand from 12 AM EST, December 4, 2020 to 11:59 PM EST, December 6, 2020
https://nmai.brand.live/c/healingthroughnativecreativity
This year, the museum’s Native Art Market comes to people’s home as 15 artists who ... 4 Comments

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Kay WalkingStick and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith 🎨 Join us TODAY at 6 pm EST for a historic conversation when Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation) and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes)—key figures in American painting and women in the arts—appear together for the first time ... 12 Comments

Excellent conversation and art work -- thank you for making this presentation happen. A side note: unless I missed something, ...What is art? the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as ...Beautiful

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Smithsonian Julian Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo) created many paintings on paper, but he's best known for his collaborations with his wife, potter Maria Martinez (San Ildefonso Pueblo).
Inspired by ancient pots excavated in New Mexico between 1907 and 1909, the couple ... 8 Comments

They did such beautiful work!Image is too dark, really.

Peterson Yazzie Art Timeless Beauty

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Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian's cover photo Join us online this Thursday, December 3, at 6 pm EST when acclaimed artists Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Confederated Salish and Kootenai) and Kay WalkingStick (Cherokee Nation) discuss their work and thoughts on Native American art today.
You can find their ... 4 Comments 48 Likes

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“Everything we need to lead a good life is here on earth.”
The Ohenten Kariwatekwen is often called the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, but the title means “words spoken before all others.” The Haudenosaunee nations—the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and ... 37 Comments

Beautiful words to remind us to care about each other and the planetThank you for this post and for providing the link to the full Ohenten Kariwatekwen.Beautiful and amazing and oh so wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

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Vote - National Native American Veterans Memorial - Best New Attraction Nominee: 2020 10Best Readers'... 🇺🇸 USA Today has nominated the National Native American Veterans Memorial as one of the United States' 10 Best New Attractions of 2020. You can vote for the memorial—or another nominee, of course—once each day. Voting ends Monday, December 21 ... 9 Comments

The NMAI itself is the best thing on the national Mall, now it's extra special with this memorial! I hope ...Awesome!! Can't wait to see it. I'm just located over in Arlington Va and have visited a few times. Voted.

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