Results for "HomeSpun Blog - The Indian American Story (Blog)"
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SIA Acc. 17-070, National Museum of American History (U.S.), Website Records, 2008-2016
- Date: 2008 2008-2016
- Creator: National Museum of American History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
National Museum of the American Indian in Washington Marks 10th Anniversary
- Date: September 18, 2014
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: NMAI opened 10 years ago with a large gathering of native peoples in Washington, D.C.
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- Date: November 19, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American Creativity, was one of the inaugural exhibitions at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. The exhibition was a collaboration of fifteen Native American painters, sculptors, writers, musicians, and dancers. The exhibition featured sculpture, performance, poetry,
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Breaking Ground and Blessing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 21, 2021
- Creator: Hannah Byrne
- Description: On September 28, 1999, representatives of dozens of tribes from across the hemisphere gathered on the National Mall for the groundbreaking of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. On the overcast morning, several hundred people packed under three tents during a ceremony that featured blessings from the four cardinal directions. After the ceremony, some
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SIA Acc. 19-203, National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Museum Learning and Programs, Departmental Records, 1984-2018
- Date: 1984 1984-2018
- Creator: National Museum of the American Indian. Museum Learning and Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Mary E. Rice
- Date: December 10, 2019
- Description: Mary E. RiceSmithsonian Institution Archives Oral History Collection, SIA009622The Smithsonian’s Division of Worms welcomed Dr. Mary E. Rice (1926-2021) to the invertebrate zoology team in 1966. As she pioneered her way through her education and career, Rice seized every opportunity that came her way.
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Link Love: 10/12/2018
- Date: October 12, 2018
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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On the Conservation of Champions
- Date: July 19, 2012
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: A look at the preservation of a box of Wheaties cereal featuring Native American Olympian, Jim Thorpe, how ordinary objects become museum icons, and the problem of food in museum collections.
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Wilson A. Bentley: Pioneering Photographer of Snowflakes
- Date: September 14, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 11/3/2017
- Date: November 3, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: The comical infographic of the week that's hitting a nerve with electronic records archivists! [via xkcd]Our National Museum of the American Indian is asking the public to submit design ideas for a memorial honoring American Indian military service. [via Navy Times] The oldest museum of African American culture, the DuSable Museum, was founded by Margaret Taylor-Burroughs in
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SIA Acc. 16-370, National Postal Museum (U.S.), Website Records, 2009-2016
- Date: 2009 2009-2016
- Creator: National Postal Museum
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Volunteer Spotlight: Joan Gilder
- Date: April 24, 2018
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: Joan Gilder has been a volunteer with the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Preservation Team for two decades, and has worked to treat many of our collections in order to increase their lifespan and improve access. She has been an invaluable asset to the Archives since she first began, and we are thrilled to share a little more about her story.What did you do before you began