Key | Imgs | Short Description |
2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Gal | 87 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- Gallery Americans -- Room: Gallery
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names, advertising, and that holiday in November. Americans invites visitors to take a closer look, and to... |
2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Que | 59 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- Queen of America Americans -- Room: Queen of America: Why did Pocahontas captivate people in her own time and every generation that followed?
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names,... |
2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Win | 63 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- The Indians Win Americans -- Room: The Indians Win: The Battle of Little Bighorn was one of the most shocking events in American history
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names,... |
2018_DC_Amerind_Amer_Act | 99 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Americans -- The Removal Act Americans -- Room: The Removal Act: Trail of Tears: Not what you think. Not even close.
January 18, 2018 – 2022
American Indians represent less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, yet names and images of Indians are everywhere: military weapons, town names, advertising, and that holiday in... |
2015_DC_AmerInd_Dakota | 65 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Commemorating Controversy: The Dakota-U.S. War of 1862 Commemorating Controversy: The Dakota—U.S. War of 1862
January 14, 2015 – December 29, 2015
In the late summer of 1862, a war raged across southern Minnesota between Dakota akicitas (warriors) and the U.S. military and immigrant settlers. In the end, hundreds were dead and thousands more would lose... |
2018_DC_AmerInd_Design | 39 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Design Competition for National Native American Veterans Memorial Five Designs Competing for the National Native American Veterans Memorial to built in Washington, D.C.
Five potential designs for a National Native American Veterans Memorial can be seen through May 30 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York and Washington, D.C. From the... |
2007_DC_AmerInd_Design | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and Celebration in Native Women's Dresses
March 24, 2007 – August 3, 2008
Dresses are more than simple articles of clothing for Native women -- they are aesthetic expressions of culture and identity. Embodying messages about the life of the wearer, dresses offer... |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Nighthorse | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Jewelry Designed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell Jewelry Designed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell
September 21, 2004 – April 3, 2005
This exhibition features jewelry designed by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne, R-Colo.), a leading artist working in contemporary Native American jewelry. This collection covers various periods and... |
2021_DC_AmerInd_Kwel_Hoy | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Kwel' Hoy: We Draw the Line Kwel' Hoy: We Draw the Line
July 2, 2021 – September 9, 2021
Kwel’ Hoy: We Draw the Line is a cross-country tour, traveling museum exhibition, and series of public programs that uplift Indigenous leadership in struggles to protect water, land, sacred sites, and our collective future. The Lummi, also... |
2006_DC_AmerInd_Listening | 28 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast
February 3, 2006 – January 2, 2007
This exhibition presents the art and culture of the people of the Northwest Coast and features 11 Native communities from Washington state, British Columbia, and Alaska, including the... |
2014_DC_AmerInd_Nation | 254 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Nation to Nation Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
September 21, 2014 – December 2021
From a young age, most Americans learn about the Founding Fathers, but are told very little about equally important and influential Native diplomats and leaders of Indian nations.... |
2018_DC_AmerInd_Nation | 33 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Nation to Nation Nation to Nation: Treaties between the United States and American Indian Nations
September 21, 2014 – December 2021
From a young age, most Americans learn about the Founding Fathers, but are told very little about equally important and influential Native diplomats and leaders of Indian nations.... |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Modernism | 29 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
September 21, 2004 – November 6, 2005
This exhibition introduces the art of George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa) and Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache), two artists who have significantly influenced the direction of contemporary Native... |
2005_DC_AmerInd_Modernism | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser Native Modernism: The Art of George Morrison and Allan Houser
September 21, 2004 – November 6, 2005
This exhibition introduces the art of George Morrison (Grand Portage Chippewa) and Allan Houser (Chiricahua Apache), two artists who have significantly influenced the direction of contemporary Native... |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Contemporary | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities |
2009_DC_AmerInd_Contemporary | 16 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Our_Peoples | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories |
2005_DC_AmerInd_Our_Peoples | 19 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories |
2009_DC_AmerInd_Our_Peoples | 92 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Our_Univ | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World |
2009_DC_AmerInd_Our_Univ | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World |
2015_DC_AmerInd_Our_Univ | 10 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge Shapes Our World |
2017_DC_AmerInd_Patriot | 71 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Patriot Nations: Native American in our Nation’s Armed Forces Patriot Nations: Native American in our Nation’s Armed Forces
January 27, 2017 – January 2018
This banner exhibition chronicles the largely unknown history of Native American veterans. Native peoples have served the U.S. in every major military encounter from the Revolutionary War to today’s conflicts... |
2020_DC_AmerInd_Patriot | 75 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces
Through October 18, 2021
Patriot Nations: Native Americans in Our Nation’s Armed Forces tells the remarkable history of the brave American Indian and Alaska Native men and women who have served in the United States military. Native peoples... |
2022_DC_AmerInd_Singletary | 127 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight
January 28, 2022 – January 29, 2023
Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight features works from internationally acclaimed artist Preston Singletary (Tlingit American, 1963), and tells the story of Raven, the creator of the world and giver of... |
2015_DC_AmerInd_Algonquian | 15 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of Chesapeake
November 13, 2006 – Permanent
Through photographs, maps, ceremonial and everyday objects, and interactives, this small display provides an overview of the history of the Native peoples of the Chesapeake Bay region (what is now Delaware,... |
2023_DC_AmerInd_Houle | 101 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful Robert Houle: Red Is Beautiful
May 25, 2023 – June 2, 2024
Red is beautiful. For Robert Houle (b. 1947, Saulteaux Anishinaabe, Sandy Bay First Nation), color is powerful, expressive, and lies at the foundation of his artistic practice. Throughout his career, his work has embodied and expressed what he... |
2019_DC_AmerInd_Section14 | 70 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California Section 14: The Other Palm Springs, California
March 1, 2019 – January 2020
This exhibition exposes a land battle at the core of the conflict between Western expansion and Indigenous peoples. A one-square-mile tract in downtown Palm Springs, California, Section 14 forms the heart of the reservation... |
2015_DC_AmerInd_Inca_Road | 199 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire
June 26, 2015 – June 1, 2018
Construction of the Inka Road stands as one of the monumental engineering achievements in history. A network more than 20,000 miles long, crossing mountains and tropical lowlands, rivers and deserts, the Great Inka Road linked... |
2019_DC_AmerInd_REDress | 12 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: The REDress Project The REDress Project
March 1 - March 31, 2019
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the National Museum of the American Indian presents The REDress Project, an outdoor art installation by artist Jaime Black (Métis). Showing in Washington, D.C. for the first time, the installation of red dresses hung in... |
2018_DC_AmerInd_Tears | 78 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
April 12, 2018 – January 2019
This powerful exhibition takes a deeper look at Indian removal from the Cherokee perspective. How did it happen? Who made the decisions? What was the human cost? Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal dispels misconceptions... |
2019_DC_AmerInd_Trail | 39 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal
April 12, 2018–January 2019
This powerful exhibition takes a deeper look at Indian removal from the Cherokee perspective. How did it happen? Who made the decisions? What was the human cost? Trail of Tears: A Story of Cherokee Removal dispels misconceptions... |
2016_DC_AmerInd_Hawaii | 88 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian Nation
January 17, 2016 – January 2017
Hawai`i was an independent kingdom until 1893, when non-Native businessmen, supported by U.S. diplomats and Marines, overthrew the monarchy and declared themselves the new government. Ua Mau Ke Ea: The Sovereign Hawaiian... |
2010_DC_AmerInd_Vantage | 32 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection
September 25, 2010 – August 7, 2011
This exhibition highlights the museum's young but vital collection of contemporary art, with 31 significant works by 25 artists ranging from paintings, drawings, and photography to video projection and... |
2022_DC_AmerInd_Why_Serve | 86 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Exhibit: Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces Why We Serve: Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces
November 10, 2021–November 30, 2023
This poignant exhibition tells personal stories of Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Alaska Native veterans who have served in the armed forces of the United States—often in extraordinary... |
2020_DC_AmerInd_4Ward | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Forward Into Light |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Int | 37 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2005_DC_AmerInd_Int | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2009_DC_AmerInd_Int | 21 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2010_DC_AmerInd_Int | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2012_DC_AmerInd_Int | 5 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2014_DC_AmerInd_Int | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2015_DC_AmerInd_Int | 9 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2018_DC_AmerInd_Int | 34 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) Tourists posing in the prism light. |
2019_DC_AmerInd_Int | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2020_DC_AmerInd_Int | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2021_DC_AmerInd_Int | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2022_DC_AmerInd_Int | 18 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2023_DC_AmerInd_Int | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Interior Areas Not Elsewhere Shown (such as Main Lobby) |
2002_DC_AmerInd | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas Under construction. |
2003_DC_AmerInd | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas View of the construction of the American Indian Museum currently under construction from the Air and Space Museum's employee's cafeteria. |
2004_DC_AmerInd | 32 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas Several visits including on opening day, September 21, 2004 |
2005_DC_AmerInd | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas I hadn't been back to this museum since its opening month and was curious how it was doing. The timed tickets for entry ended after about six months and, while crowded, it wasn't the packed anymore. None of the exhibits had changed since I was there almost a year ago -- they said the temporary exhibits... |
2007_DC_AmerInd | 6 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2009_DC_AmerInd | 20 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2014_DC_AmerInd | 3 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2017_DC_AmerInd | 40 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2018_DC_AmerInd | 8 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2019_DC_AmerInd | 66 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2020_DC_AmerInd | 62 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas Multiple visits including:
* August 8: It was nice to see the water on again in the outside area although you could see the discolored edges where skateboarders had damaged things before.
* September 19: Outdoor signage indicates the museum is about to reopen. |
2021_DC_Amerind | 23 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2022_DC_AmerInd | 2 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2023_DC_AmerInd | 4 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Outside Areas |
2017_DC_AmerIndV | 1 | DC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian -- View from... |
2020_DC_NativeAmer_Vet_Mem | 156 | DC -- Natl Native American Veterans Memorial (@ Natl Museum of the American Indian) In mid-year, I hadn't realized they had started on building the memorial. It's was dedicated on Veterans Day, 2020. The ceremony of course ended up being virtual because of the pandemic. |
2021_DC_NativeAmer_Vet_Mem | 4 | DC -- Natl Native American Veterans Memorial (@ Natl Museum of the American Indian) |
2023_DC_NativeAmer_Vet_Mem | 5 | DC -- Natl Native American Veterans Memorial (@ Natl Museum of the American Indian) Including Steve Artley's visit. |
2008_DC_FotoAI | 13 | FotoWeek DC -- Images on Natl Museum of the American Indian |
2021_DC_AmerInd_Totem_210728 | 198 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Arrival of Totem Pole by House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation A totem pole carved by the House of Tears Carvers of the Lummi Nation will conclude its cross-country journey in Washington, D.C. The totem pole will be on view July 29–31, 2021, near the museum’s entrance on Maryland Avenue. |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Festival | 37 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: First Americans Festival @ Mall Various pictures of the First Americans Festival on the National Mall. The event went on for a week during the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian but I only visited it on two days: (040921) and (040924). |
2017_DC_AmerInd_Tarzan_170209 | 153 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: From Tarzan to Tonto From Tarzan to Tonto: Stereotypes as Obstacles to Progress Toward a More Perfect Union
A Special Program Examining the Pervasiveness of Stereotypes in American Culture
As early Americans sought to define their identity in a new country, race became a major fixation. Tarzan and Jane, Tonto and the Lone... |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Member_041012 | 4 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Member Night |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Proc_040921 | 57 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Native Nations Procession @ Mall The grand opening of the National Museum of the American Indian began with a procession. As the brochure described it: "Thousands of Native people and non-Native supporters [there was, for example, an Environmental Protection Agency group in the parade] from throughout the Western Hemisphere, many in... |
2016_DC_AmerInd_Dance_161124 | 33 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Northwest Coast Dance A Native American Heritage Month Celebration of Northwest Coast Dance
Experience a three-day Northwest Coast dance celebration with internationally renowned West Coast First Nations mask-dancing group Git Hayetsk (People of the Copper Shield) from Vancouver B.C. and the award-winning multi-generational... |
2004_DC_AmerInd_SS_040811 | 25 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Pre-opening slide show A slide show held August 11, 2004 describing what the museum would look like. |
2004_DC_AmerInd_Pre_040824 | 76 | Natl Museum of the American Indian -- Event: Pre-opening tour A pre-opening tour held on August 24, 2004 |
2001_NY_NMAI | 11 | NY -- NYC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian (Alexander Hamilton US Customs House) |
2016_NY_NMAI | 55 | NY -- NYC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian (Alexander Hamilton US Customs House) |
2016_NY_NMAI_Indian | 45 | NY -- NYC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian (Alexander Hamilton US Customs House) -- Indian Exhibits |
2016_NY_NMAI_Archives | 28 | NY -- NYC -- Natl Museum of the American Indian (Alexander Hamilton US Customs House) -- National Archives Office |
2011_DC_STN_111021 | 158 | Smithsonian Teachers' Night (2011) @ Natl Museum of American Indian |