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The land has memory : indigenous knowledge, native landscapes, and the National Museum of the American Indian
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ISBN: 1469606011 0807889784 9780807889787 9781469606019 0807832642 9780807832646 0807859362 9780807859360 Year: 2008 Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution,

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In the heart of Washington, D.C., a centuries-old landscape has come alive in the twenty-first century through a re-creation of the natural environment as the region's original peoples might have known it. Unlike most landscapes that surround other museums on the National Mall, the natural environment around the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is itself a living exhibit, carefully created to reflect indigenous ways of thinking about the land and its uses. Abundantly illustrated, The Land Has Memory offers beautiful images of the museum's natural environment in every


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The National Museum of the American Indian : Critical Conversations
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ISBN: 1281958476 9786611958473 0803219377 9780803219373 9780803211117 0803211112 9781281958471 6611958479 Year: 2008 Publisher: Lincoln : Baltimore, Md. : University of Nebraska Press, Project MUSE,

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The first American national museum designed and run by indigenous peoples, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC opened in 2004. It represents both the United States as a singular nation and the myriad indigenous nations within its borders. Constructed with materials closely connected to Native communities across the continent, the museum contains more than 800,000 objects and three permanent galleries and routinely holds workshops and seminar series.


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Past, Present, and Future : Challenges of the National Museum of the American Indian
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ISBN: 1933565306 9781933565309 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian,

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Seven leading thinkers on the presentation of Native American history and contemporary cultures discuss how the essential ideas behind the creation of the National Museum of the American Indian initially were implemented and potentially could evolve. In addition to honoring the leadership and contributions of the museums founding director, W. Richard West, Jr., the authors explore such topics as repatriation, the representation of Native voices in exhibitions and programs, and the museums ongoing effort to develop its intellectual authority. Synthesizing the papers presented at a symposium of the same name hosted by the museum in October 2007, Past, Present, and Future takes a candid look at the National Museum of the American Indians complex genesis and future challenges.

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