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...

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