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MUSEUM: “Infinity of Nations” reveals true spectrum of Native America

Posted on December 28th, 2010 by americanindiannews

A stunning exhibition at NYC’s George Gustav Heye Center illustrates the artistic diversity of indigenous people from Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic.

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PEOPLE: Helen Maynor Scheirbeck (1935-2010)

Posted on December 28th, 2010 by americanindiannews

One of the Twentieth Century’s Most Significant American Indian Leaders

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MUSEUM: Museum to invite kids to come and play

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by americanindiannews

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian is building an interactive space for children

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ENVIRONMENT: Symposium warns of risk to indigenous peoples from melting glaciers, rising seas

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by americanindiannews

Scientists, leaders and educators describe looming impacts of climate change on populations worldwide and seek solutions incorporating Native thinking

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MUSEUM: Native advice shapes high-tech displays at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by americanindiannews

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

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by americanindiannews

Buffalo and duck burger topped with roasted pepper, Dijonaise sauce and smoked tomatoes

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SPORTS: Even without competing, Iroquois lacrosse team makes its point

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by americanindiannews

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

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NATURE: Ladybugs tickle kids, tackle pests

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by americanindiannews

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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CULTURE: Canoe Journey’s successful end celebrated among Northwest Coast tribes

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by americanindiannews

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

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MUSIC: Sky’s the limit for blues musician Derek Miller

Posted on August 3rd, 2010 by americanindiannews

Guitar afire, this Mohawk is ‘crashing this glass ceiling of being a Native artist’

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FOOD: Let’s eat: The executive chef of the Mitsitam Cafe whips up a cookbook

FOOD: Let’s eat: The executive chef of the Mitsitam Cafe whips up a cookbook

Washington, D.C.—Chocolate, chiles, tomatoes, blueberries and corn are just a ...

RECIPE: Mitsitam Cafe buffalo and duck burger

Buffalo and duck burger topped with roasted pepper, Dijonaise sauce ...

RECIPE: Mitsitam Cafe’s Mexican hot chocolate warms up cool summer nights

When the summer sun gives way to cool nights, chef ...

RECIPE: As cherries blossom, a taste of summer

Cherries pair with the earth and sea in this favorite ...

RECIPE: Chocolate’s indigenous history makes spicy tale

Washington—Chocolate is a flavor as old and varied as the ...

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CULTURE: Children step up as culture-bearers

CULTURE: Children step up as culture-bearers

Washington, D.C.—Kelly Church, a weaver of black ash baskets, is ...

EXHIBITION: Quileute separate fact from fiction for ‘Twilight’ fans

Seattle, Wash.—The Seattle Art Museum opened an exhibition of some ...

ART: One man’s interest helps save ancient art

Dennis White, 63, an Ojibwe mathematics scholar from the Lac ...

ARTS: Jungen’s farfetched animals stretch the imagination

Washington—Artist Brian Jungen’s oversized animals have invaded the Smithsonian’s National ...

Music

MUSIC: Nakai expands the language of Native American music

MUSIC: Nakai expands the language of Native American music

R. Carlos Nakai’s new album “Dancing into Silence,” (with William ...

MUSIC: Sky’s the limit for blues musician Derek Miller

Washington, D.C.—Derek Miller stepped onto an international stage in early ...

MUSIC: Jazz sax in a Native key

New York—Cherokee saxophone player and bandleader Sharel Cassity has a ...

MUSIC: Native American school band rocks the oldies – and the ancients

Ten years ago Kim Cournoyer answered an ad seeking a ...

MUSIC: Roots of the blues go deep into shared Native and African American history

Jimi Hendrix meteorically rose to rock-and-roll fame playing, smashing and ...

People

PEOPLE: Helen Maynor Scheirbeck (1935-2010)

PEOPLE: Helen Maynor Scheirbeck (1935-2010)

Washington, D.C.—Dr. Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, longtime champion of American Indian civil rights, ...

MOVIES: Big and blue, ‘Avatar’ with Wes Studi comes to DVD

Cherokee movie star Wes Studi is no stranger to standing ...

Movies: Native film star tells of his hero’s journey, on and offscreen

For Wes Studi, playing a character confronting colonial powers while ...

People: Unsung hero has a million books he’d like you to check out

Irving Nelson has had a desk in the director’s office ...

Museum: Seeds of understanding accompany interns into wider fields of work

Washington, D.C.— As the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American ...

Online Exhibitions

ARTS: Animal images tell visual story of boys in trouble

ARTS: Animal images tell visual story of boys in trouble

Rick Bartow’s sculpture “From the Mad River to the Little ...

Exhibition: “A Song for the Horse Nation” gallops into museum and onto the

The exhibition “A Song for the Horse Nation” recently made ...

Fritz Scholder continues to stir, stretch boundaries of Indian art

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian recently held ...

U.S. Postal Service delivers a tiny timeline of Native America

Washington—Stamps have carried art portraying Native Americans all over the ...