Daily Dreamtime (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
In fall 2008 Fritz Scholder will be the subject of a major retrospective at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and the Gustave Heye Center in New York City. www.iaia.edu Source: www.iaia.edu
Hip Hop Caucus Blog (Free subscription) | 07/13/2008
The National Museum of African American History and Culture began the formal process of designing a building yesterday, one that will include a slave cabin and a Jim Crow railroad car. The museum is not scheduled to open until 2015. But there is a certain urgency to identifying large artifacts that are likely to influence the shape of the exhibit space, said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
When he was 23, Luis Daniel Gutierrez learned that he had multiple sclerosis.
PortlandOnline (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
WASHINGTON, June 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In honor of NASA's 50th anniversary, the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and NASA are partnering on this year's Folklife Festival. The festival will be held Wednesday, June 25 through Sunday, June 29, and Wednesday, July 2 through Sunday, July 6, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th Streets. Festival...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
In some American Indian tribes, when important matters are being discussed a "talking stick" is handed around. Whoever holds it is the only one who may speak, while the others listen. Hence the name of the Talking Stick Film Festival.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
The National Museum of the American Indian presents a mixed bag of works by 15 artists of at least partial American Indian descent.
Gop3.com:The Triumvirate (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
One of the ways that identity politics fascinate me is the way that the labels we use for specific groups evolve over time. Apparently we are seeing Senator Obama contribute to one such evolution right now. Once upon a time, we referred to people who were living on the American continent before European explorers arrived, [...]
OPEN ANTHROPOLOGY (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
It seems that Trinidad’s steelpan has “gone native” in the Navajo Nation in the U.S. (Yes, the “steelpan” is a Trinidadian invention, reportedly the only new musical instrument to have been invented in the 20th century.) Navajo Nation youth, organized into a steelpan orchestra, played at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, [...]
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
On Monday, Mike Leveille helped Syracuse win the NCAA men's lacrosse championship. Last night, the senior attackman collected the sport's most prestigious individual award, winning the Tewaaraton Trophy at a ceremony at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Daddy Types (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
Ten little ducklings, swimming in the pool. Because the National Museum of the American Indian thought it'd be cool. Five little ducklings sucked into the drain. Fourth or fifth time? Well, it happened again. Little Aussie children were "standing there...
Blog Catalog Blog Directory (Free subscription) | 05/25/2008
Eclectic bits and pieces about popular music in the USA, Great Britain and Germany from the nineteen-forties until the early nineteen-seventies.\r\n\r\nCovering styles such as rhythm and blues, soul, country, rock, easy listening, pop and jazz.\r\n\r\nMai
Get Mash (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
The National Museum of the American Indian said protective grating didn't save the lives of five ducklings sucked down a drain in a fountain outside the museum last week. Read the full story
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 05/23/2008
Three years ago I took the family to Washington D.C. and while there we visited the Museum of the American Indian where we took this picture. Apparently there's a little controvery about that fountain behind us as it has proven especially proficient at duck sucking : WASHINGTON — The National Museum of the American Indian said equipment in an outdoor fountain that was supposed to protect wildlife appears...
