Input from Alaska Native advisers guides how 600 precious objects loaned by the Smithsonian are experienced by visitors—including descendents of their makers— at a landmark exhibition
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RECIPE: Mitsitam Cafe buffalo and duck burger
Buffalo and duck burger topped with roasted pepper, Dijonaise sauce and smoked tomatoes
Read the rest of this entry »SPORTS: Even without competing, Iroquois lacrosse team makes its point
The fourth-ranked team’s refusal to travel on other nations’ passports sidelines it from a championship, but nets a teachable moment on Native sovereignty
Read the rest of this entry »NATURE: Ladybugs tickle kids, tackle pests
Children enjoy helping keep the corn, squash and tomatoes in the museum garden healthy by releasing thousands of ladybugs to eat plant pests
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Thousands of Native paddlers arrive in Neah Bay, Wash., and come ashore to be welcomed by the Makah after ocean voyages of weeks for those from Alaska and Canada
Read the rest of this entry »MUSIC: Sky’s the limit for blues musician Derek Miller
Guitar afire, this Mohawk is ‘crashing this glass ceiling of being a Native artist’
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