Description: [caption id="" align="alignright" width="234" caption="Mary Henry, October 20, 1882, by Unidentified photographer, Card Photograph, Smithsonian Institution Archives, RU 95, Box 12, Folder 5, Negative Number: 82-3258. "][/caption] As we enter into the holiday season, the Smithsonian Institution Archive’s blog will be exploring memories: what they mean, how to capture them, and
Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9919,size=350,left] In 2009, we launched our first blog post and were a small team of 4 bloggers with contributors from across the Smithsonian. Today, we are 19 bloggers and have published over 2200 blog posts! We would like to hear from you; what features do you come back for and what would you like to see going forward? Please take 5 minutes for our
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