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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is located in Washington, D.C., New York City and Suitland, Md. View online exhibitions at www.AmericanIndian.si.edu

The American Indian News Service is edited by Kara Briggs, a Yakama and Snohomish journalist. She owns Red Hummingbird Media Corp., which is contracted by the National Museum of the American Indian to provide this service. Contact her at editor@americanindiannews.org or by cellular phone at 503-577-0012.

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Kara Briggs, Editor
Eileen Maxwell, National Museum of the American Indian, Director of Public Affairs
Leonda Levchuk, National Museum of the American Indian Copy Editor
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