From Jimi Hendrix to Buffy Sainte-Marie, performers who lit up the stage and record charts are the focus of “Up Where We Belong” at the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian
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RECIPE: Mitsitam Cafe’s Mexican hot chocolate warms up cool summer nights
Using arbol chiles and dried poblano peppers to season the chocolate, as ancient Mayans and Aztecs did at the time of the conquistadors’ arrival, Chef Hetzler blends the hot with the sweet to make this indigenously inspired drinking chocolate.
Read the rest of this entry »LANGUAGE: Treasured teacher embodies 100 reasons to learn Oneida
Centenarian Maria Hinton has just put the finishing touches on a spoken dictionary of her language
Read the rest of this entry »EXHIBITION: Alaska welcomes home its Native art for exhibition from Smithsonian museums
More than 600 objects, including art and clothing made by Alaskan indigenous people more than 100 years ago, go on display at the Anchorage Museum
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The curator and author discusses how Native people live in the world as it is, and how that’s reflected in the work of two ground-breaking artists
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Students from across the country depict themes of Native American power and perseverance to win an art contest
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Before it opened, founders of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian heard from Native peoples that one of its most important roles would be to teach all children the true history of the Americas.
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