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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

institution devoted to the collection, preservation, and presentation of the culture of the indigenous populations of the Western Hemisphere, a division of the Smithsonian Institution. It was established in 1989 with the collections of the former Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, in New York City. That museum was founded in 1916 by George G. Heye and was opened to the public in 1922. The museum comprises the planned main museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C. (scheduled to open in 2002); a research center in Suitland, Md.; and the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. The museum's collection, comprising 4 million cataloged items, includes ceramics, masks, dolls, carvings, textiles, featherwork, beadwork, and jewelry.

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The National Congress of American Indians: The Founding Years
Book by Thomas W. Cowger; University of Nebraska Press, 1999
Subjects:	Indians Of North America--Government Relations--1934-, Indians Of North America--History--20th Century--Sources, Indians Of North America--Politics And Government, National Congress Of American Indians--History
...education prohibited the Indians from com- peting...Navajo is not a museum piece, Elma Smith...Chief, a Native American social worker from...19 Not new to Indian affairs, Rogers, himself part Cherokee Indian, established the...Angeles to help urban Indians. Speaking to the...as a step toward Indian self-deter- mination...

Guide to Native American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries, and Archives
Book by John R. Lovett Jr., Donald L. DeWitt; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects:	Anthropological Archives--United States--States--Catalogs, Ethnological Museums And Collections--United States--States--Catalogs, Indian Art--United States--States--Catalogs, Indian Ledger Drawings--United States--States--Catalogs, Libraries--United States--States--Special Collections--Art Works--Catalogs
...drawings in: 78 Museum of Science and Industry...drawings in: 37 Museum of Texas Tech University...8 , 127 , 280 National Archives Washington...at: 125 National Museum of American History Washington...of the American Indian Bronx, NY , drawings...28 - 29 Navajo Indians, drawings by...

Automobiles and Motorcycles in the U.S. National Museum
Book by Smith Hempstone Oliver; Smithsonian Institution, 1957
Subjects:	Automobiles, Motorcycles, United States National Museum
...Roper 14 Lucius D. Copeland 15 From steam to gasoline 19 An American industry is born 22 The Collection 33 Roper steam velocipede...automobile, 1901 77 Franklin gasoline automobile, 1902 80 Indian motorcycle, 1902 85 Winton gasoline racing automobile, 1902...

They Made Us Many Promises : The American Indian Experience, 1524 To the Present
Book by Philip Weeks; Harlan Davidson, 2002
Subjects:	Indians Of North America--Civil Rights, Indians Of North America--Government Relations, Indians Of North America--History, Indians, Treatment Of--United States--History, Self-Determination, National--United States
...Indians, 42 National American Religious Freedom...311 National Indian Defense Association...145 National Indian Gaming Commission, 223 National Indian Youth Council, 205 National Museum of the American...319 Nauset Indians, 20 Nautsiti...

American Indian Policy: Self-Governance and Economic Development
Book by Lyman H. Legters, Fremont J. Lyden; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects:	Indians Of North America--Economic Conditions, Indians Of North America--Government Relations, Indians Of North America--Politics And Government, Self-Determination, National--United States
...That the Samish Indian Tribe Does Not Exist as an Indian Tribe," Federal...community of adult Indians" rather than a historical "Indian tribe," they...b . 20. Native American Graves Protection...So, too, the National Museum of the American...participation in the museums management to...

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Small Spirits: Native American Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian
Journal article by Teri Brewer; Folklore, Vol. 117, 2006
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, Small Spirits: Native American Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian (Book)
Small Spirits: Native American Dolls from the National Museum of the American Indian. by Teri Brewer Small...American Dolls from the National Museum of the American...D.C.: Smithsonian National Museum of the American...

Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth: The Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian
Journal article; Social Education, Vol. 70, 2006
Subjects:	Native American culture--Study and teaching, Native Americans--Culture, Native Americans--Study and teaching, Sociology--Study and teaching, Thanksgiving Day--History
...Institution, National Museum of the American Indian. This...the National Museum of the American Indian, and has been...Simermeyer. the museums school programs...horticultural Indian people to have...Cod Bay, the Indians of southern...

The Changing Presentation of the American Indian: Museums and Native Cultures
Journal article by Saul Acosta Gomez; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 60, 2006
Subjects:	Books--Book reviews, The Changing Presentation of the American Indian: Museums and Native Cultures (Book)--Book reviews
...Presentation of the American Indian: Museums and Native Cultures...AMERICAN INDIAN: MUSEUMS AND NATIVE CULTURES...Washington DC: National Museum of the American...the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav...of American Indians and American...North American museums, and an analysis...

An Agenda for American Museums in the Twenty-First Century
Journal article by Harold Skramstad; Daedalus, Vol. 128, 1999
Subjects:	Art, American--Galleries and museums, Museum directors--Management, Museums--Forecasts
...collected by wealthy Americans. The visibility of their museum collections and...need to prove that American museums could and would...broad coalition of American Indian groups objected that American museums were housing and...Indian values over museum collecting and...begun to look to museums to legitimize and...

Politics, Performance and Indian Identity
Journal article by Lucy Maddox; American Studies International, Vol. 40, 2002
Subjects:	Citizenship--Social aspects, Indian Allotment Act of 1887, Native Americans--Appreciation
...status, from the "American Indians" who were hosts...finally to the "Indian Americans" whose competency...For many white Americans, their only contact with Indian people was through...performance, and for many American Indians, their only way...themselves to white Americans was through performance...

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West Refuses to Live in the Past: W. Richard West Wants the National Museum of the American Indian to Be Rich in History While Celebrating the Continuance of Contemporary Native Communities
Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, November 26, 2002
Subjects:	Cheyennes, National Museum of the America Indian (museums)--Officials and employees, Native Americans--History, Washington, D.C., West, W. Richard--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc.
...long time, we think. Q: American Indians once were called "the vanishing American" but youre not vanishing...and advocate of indigenous Americans. Currently: Director, National Museum of the American Indian. Born: San Bernardino...

Land Day Commemorated at National Museum of American Indian
Magazine article by Jamal Najjab; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 27, July 2008
Subjects:	Museums, Native North Americans, Peace, Water supply
...Land Day Commemorated at National Museum of American Indian by Jamal Najjab THE AMERICAN-ARAB Anti-Discrimination...National Museum of the American Indian on the National...story of how the Native Americans lost the same precious...

Brian Jungen: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN
Magazine article by Christopher Bedford; Artforum International, Vol. 48, April 2010
Subjects:	Native American art--Exhibitions
...Brian Jungen: NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN. by...condensation of the museums charter. The National Museum of the American Indian recognizes expressions...Northwest Coast Indian masks. Installed...the American Indians charter, and...

Stalemate Persists over American Indian Remains at UC Museum
Magazine article by Ibram Rogers; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 25, February 21, 2008
Subjects:	Human remains, Meetings, Native North Americans, Oral history
...directors of the museum have met with more...with the Hearst Museum," Felde says...off several Native American groups that have...input to fold the museums NAGPRA unit into the structure of the museum. The NAGPRA unit...Fredericks says. The National Congress of American Indians and the Inter...

America's Indian Renaissance
Magazine article by Ian Fitzgerald; History Today, Vol. 44, November 1994
Subjects:	Native Americans--Galleries and museums, New York, New York--Galleries and museums, Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian--Planning
...archives the museum is able to...of native Americans. For example...representations of American Indian life...selection of Indian objects chosen...American Indians, including...mark the museums opening...emphasising the museums positive...relations between Indians and Americans...declining. Indians are no longer...among native Americans, especially...going on in Indian communities...is so the National Museum of the American Indian will...

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Exhibiting Indian Culture
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 20, 2005
Subjects:	Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian
...Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian displays...all Native Americans wear feathers...focuses on how American Indian culture changed...American Indians. From 1492...celebrating Alaskan Indian culture...think this museum has a single...says of the museums interior...walls of the National Museum of the American Indian create...

Indians Revel in 'The Way'; Powwow Honors War Vets, Traditions
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 13, 2007
Subjects:	Canadian native peoples, Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian
Indians Revel in The Way...weekend, as the National Powwow honored warriors...Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian, which organized...his back. Other Indians in tribal regalia...a drum to honor Indian men and women who...

Preserving the Past; Smithsonian Specialist Restores Artifacts of Indian Culture
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 3, 2007
Subjects:	Native Americans--Protection and preservation, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian
...Institutions Museum of the American Indian. She estimates...hours. When the museums staff finishes...on display in a museum, either in Washington...than 800,000 Indian artifacts are cataloged...and culture of Indians throughout the...another room at the museums Cultural Resources...Center from the National Park Service...

Indians Celebrate Heritage at Museum Groundbreaking
Newspaper article by Dustin Wunderlich; The Washington Times, September 29, 1999
Subjects:	American Indian Movement
Indians celebrate heritage...Dustin Wunderlich American Indian leaders converged...groundbreaking of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). The...attracted hundreds of Indians from North and...Smithsonian-affiliated museum deserved one of...zeroed in on the museums proposed repatriation...

A Pilgrimage to the Mall; American Indian Museum Historical, Not Trendy
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 27, 2004
...to the Mall; American Indian Museum...honor the first Americans and name it for the American Indian instead of the...participants of the National Museum of the American Indian went with the...They enabled the Indians to speak for themselves...natural history museums, depicting braves...

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National Museum of the American Indian
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN institution devoted...York City. That museum was founded in 1916...public in 1922. The museum currently comprises the main museum on the National...video center. The museums collection, which...

Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, HEYE FOUNDATION see National Museum of the American Indian . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

Museums of Science
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...conservation. North American Museums Outstanding...the American Museum of Natural History...most science museums cover the general...college teaching museums, that specialize...these is the National Museum of the American Indian , Washinton...

North American Native Art
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...devastation of Native American cultures, artifacts...historic Native Americans as odd, so that...years as Native Americans become increasingly...for the return of museum items symbolizing...surviving Native American populations, combined...Major Collections Museums with major collections...History, Chicago; National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution...

National Parks and Monuments
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...built by Native Americans in the Salt...large Native American pueblo. Upper...Upper Missouri National Wild and Scenic...the Lincoln Museum. Fort Bowie...later as an Indian Bureau administrative...442 (179) American Fur Company...includes a whaling museum. New Orleans...established by African Americans during Reconstruction...largest Native American settlement in...

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