Wes Studi’s role in the new sci-fi thriller “Avatar” might seem galaxies away from his Cherokee heritage, but they share powerful underlying themes
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People: Unsung hero has a million books he’d like you to check out
The museum honors Navajo library director Irving Nelson, whose innovative career is one for the books—and especially the readers
Read the rest of this entry »Museum: Seeds of understanding accompany interns into wider fields of work
Whether lawyers, curators or cultural activists, past conservation interns say their perspective carries a permanent imprint of their museum experience
Read the rest of this entry »Exhibition: “A Song for the Horse Nation” gallops into museum and onto the WebThe new exhibition explores the unique position of the horse in historic and contemporary Native American culture
The new exhibition explores the unique position of the horse in historic and contemporary Native American culture
Read the rest of this entry »Culture: Author creates publishing house for American Indian books
Stephanie Duckworth-Elliott wants “to bring authentic Native voices” to the reading public
Read the rest of this entry »Fritz Scholder continues to stir, stretch boundaries of Indian art
The late painter’s work on exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian in “Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian” inspires and challenges via the paradoxes of his cultural and creative identity.
Read the rest of this entry »U.S. Postal Service delivers a tiny timeline of Native America
“The American Indian in Stamps: Profiles in Leadership, Accomplishment and Cultural Celebration” is an Internet exhibition of U.S. postal stamps dating to 1898.
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