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1. AMIND_170929_009.JPG: Cardinal Direction Marker: West This 300-year-old lava stone has a name: Kane Po. After a 20-year stay at the museum, it will return to its home in the Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park near Hilo. Native Hawaiians consider it to be a living relative. It is one of four Cardinal Direction Markers around the museum.
2. AMIND_170929_059.JPG: Rick Bartow (1946-2016) Wiyot Oregon We Were Always Here, 2012 Old-growth Western red cedar, Port Orford cedar, old-growth Douglas fir, oak, maple, stain, sealer Commissioned from the artist 2011 (26/8852) In creating these two poles from a single old-growth cedar tree, artist Rick Bartow has drawn on the patterns and symbols from his Northern California Native heritage. These include Bear's conscientious and protective role as a healer and Raven's playful and sometimes comical acts that shaped the world and human society. The pole bases' horizontal pattern references the changing tides of Oregon mudfloats and symbolizes the flow of knowledge and inheritance--in Bartow's words, "the movement down to generations or up through the generations... like little waves."
3. AMIND_170929_073.JPG: Restoration of the Land Four hundred years ago, the Chesapeake Bay region abounded in forests, meadows, wetlands, and croplands. The National Museum of the American Indian restores these environments and is home to more than 27,000 trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants representing 145 different species. Native peoples encouraged the growth of a variety of plants, also known as biodiversity. Ethnobotanist Donna House (Din�/Oneida) used this concept in her work to restore the museum grounds. She was also guided by the Din� (Navajo) principle of h�zh�, which means "beauty and harmony coming about." The original peoples of present-day Washington, D.C., the Anacostans – for whom the Anacosta River is named – understood this land through observation of nature. Such ancient observations came together with rigorous botanical research in the re-creation of these grounds. Translations in Virginia Algonquian, Tuscarora, Catawba, and Munsee Delaware courtesy Dr. Blair Rudes, University of North Carolina "We give a greeting and thanksgiving to the many supporters of our own lives – the corn, beans, squash, the winds, the sun." -- Sotsisowah [John Mohawk (Seneca)] Knowing This Place We invite you to walk around the museum grounds and find panels that explain the meanings of each environment. You will learn about the many ways that Native peoples changed and were influenced by the forest, meadow, wetlands, and croplands.
4. AMIND_170929_093.JPG: Upland Hardwood Forest You are standing next to an upland hardwood forest--a group of shrubs and more than 30 species of trees--that reflects the dense forests of the Blue Ridge Mountains and other local sites. The Forests' Bounty The Nanticoke and other communities relied upon forest plants for food and medicine. Now the most widely used drug in the world, aspirin was created from the inner bark of the willow tree--a painkiller often used by Native peoples, who boiled or powdered the bark. Native peoples discovered medicinal plants in many ways, including the observation of animals. By recognizing how bears interacted with certain plants, for example, Native peoples learned to treat human illnesses.
5. AMIND_170929_120.JPG: Cardinal Direction Markers Native peoples honor the Four Directions through ceremony, song, art, and architecture. On the edges of the museum site, four large stones known as Cardinal Direction Markers honor Native cultures of the north, south, east, and west. Can you find them all? The markers were selected by Native communities within Canada, Chile, Maryland and Hawai'i. The oldest is four billion years old, and the youngest is 300 years old. All were given a ceremonial blessing before and after their arrival at the museum. A piece of Kasota limestone, the stone used to build the museum, was given to each community in a symbolic exchange.
6. AMIND_170929_139.JPG: George Rivera Pojoaque Pueblo Buffalo Dancer II Case bronze, ed. 2/4 26/7920 Gift of the Pueblo of Pojoaque, George Rivera and Glenn Green Galleries For the Pueblo Indians of the Southwest, the Buffalo Dance is an enduring celebration, a prayer for the well-being of all.
7. AMIND_170929_172.JPG: In gratitude for the life and service of U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye September 7, 1924 - December 17, 2012 Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
8. AMIND_170929_189.JPG: Bald Cypress • �rtu (ar-too) In the middle of the wetlands, you can see the entire life cycle of the unusual bald cypress tree. A fallen cypress was placed in the wetlands to evoke an authentic wetlands environment--and a young cypress has begun to grow out of the stump of the fallen tree. Often covered with Spanish moss, the bald cypress can only be found in shallow marshlands. The Choctaw used the tree's bark to make cordage, and local communities such as the Piscataway favored the tree for canoe and paddle making. Did you know that this tree is called a "bald" cypress because it loses its leaves in the winter?
9. AMIND_170929_195.JPG: Broadleaf Cattail • K�hk�haskwar (kaw-kaw-has-quar) Nearly every Native community in North America has used the cattail as food, medicine, or raw material for baskets and mats. The cattail contains ten times the amount of starch as potatoes--an important source of energy. The Micmac and Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), among many other tribes, made cordage or thick ropes, from twisted strands of cattail leaves. The cordage was used to make strong, weatherproof mats for house or floor coverings, as well as toys, dolls, and duck decoys. Did you know that the "fluff" on a cattail is really its seeds? The soft fluff was often used by Native peoples to pad moccasins, bedding, and baby cradleboards.
10. AMIND_170929_206.JPG: Wetlands These diverse wetlands--and the ducks, squirrels, and dragonflies that make their home here--represent the original Chesapeake Bay environment, the largest estuary in North America. Chesapeake means "Great Shellfish Bay" in the Algonquian language. Living on the Water Before European settlement, the local environment looked very different. Because erosion was not so extensive, Chesapeake waterways were clearer and deeper, and dolphins frequently swam along the shores. During the winter, Native communities harvested the roots of cattails and yellow marsh marigolds for food. Cypress trees--like the fallen one in the middle of the wetlands--were prized for making dugout canoes. Native peoples used reeds to weave mats and fish nets. They roasted oysters to provide food through the seasons.
11. AMIND_170929_212.JPG: Wingapo Welcome to a Native Place Lessons from the Sun The museum doors--etched with sun symbols--open to the east and greet the rising sun as do many traditional Native homes. Most Native peoples honor the sun as a life-giver and calendar, instructing when to plant, harvest, and conduct ceremonies. Native societies have studied the sun, moon, and stars for a long time. Through strict observation of nature, people learned the concept of duality, or the balance between two equal states. The duality of nature is reflected here in images of the sun and moon at the museum's main entrances, and male and female plants in each environment. Translation in Virginia Algonquian, Tuscarora, Catawba and Munsee Delaware courtesy Dr. Blair Rodes, University of North Carolina Knowing This Place We invite you to walk around the museum grounds and find the panels that explain the meanings of each environment. You will learn about the many ways that Native peoples changed and were influenced by the forest, meadow, wetlands, and croplands. "There is a design in living things; their shapes, forms, the ability to live, all have meanings." -- Popovi Da (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA, a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin), New York City, and my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona). For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about: "Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo), "The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy), "The American Spirit" (David McCullough), "Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert), "The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and "The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover). Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.
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