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American Indian Museum American Indian Museum
Collects, preserves, studies and exhibits the living culture and history of the native peoples of the Americas
American History Museum

American History Museum
The Home and Community Life Collections of the museum span a broad range of American history subjects

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Exhibitions exploring cultures of the world

American Indian Art and Design
Arctic Studies Center
Anthropology Outreach Office
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Folkways, Native American Music
Tribal Museum Directory
Recommended Reading
Genealogical Research for Native Americans
Cherokee and Southeastern Indians
Crafts, Clothing, Dance, and Sign Language
Cultural and Biological Impact Reading List
 
Agriculture
Seeds of Change Garden
The agricultural influence of Columbus' voyages
Ancient America
Paleoamerican Origins
Information and reading list regarding the first peoples of the Americas and their time of arrival
Ancient Arctic
Crossroads of Continents
Documenting the diversity of North Pacific cultures and their historical development from the last Ice Age to today
Biographies
Native American Portraits
A gallery of influential Native Americans
Cultural Encounter
Benedicte Wrensted: An Idaho Photographer in Focus
The rediscovery of American Indian portraits
Camping With the Sioux: Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
A record of the lifestyle of Sioux women
Drawing the Western Frontier: The James E. Taylor Album
A 19th century artist's collection of photographs and illustrations relating to Native Americans and the West
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery
Determined to record the "manners and customs" of Native Americans, Catlin, a lawyer turned painter, traveled thousands of miles from 1830 to 1836 following the trail of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Hair Pipes in Plains Indian Adornment: A Study in Indian and White Ingenuity
Describes the uses of hollow cylindrical beads for personal adornment by the Indians of the Great Plains
Squint Eyes: Artist & Indian Scout
Cheyenne drawings of 19th century Indian-Army interactions
Surviving Images, Forgotten People
Native Americans, Women, and African Americans on Early United States Bank Notes
The American Indian Observed: Selected Sketches and Documents from the Collections of the Archives of American Art
A testament to the power of observation
The Horse in Blackfoot Indian Culture
The Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 159 covers the meaning and influence of the horse in Blackfoot Indian culture
Cultural Identity and Interaction
Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge
The indigenous heritage of Alaska and adjacent regions is woven from the arts, knowledge, values, and beliefs of many cultures
Anthropology FAQs
Leaflets and bibliographies anthropological topics such as archaeology and Native Americans
Separate is Not Equal: Brown vs. Board of Education
This exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that helped to end public school segregation
The Importance of Indigenous Knowledge
Cultural belief systems and sustainable development
Economics and Work
Lakota Winter Counts
Pictographic calendars created by Lakota Indians to record memorable historical events
Identity and Community
Canela body adornment
Appearance and identity among the Canela of Brazil
Looking Both Ways
Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People of Southern Alaska An Interactive Exhibit
Tracking the Buffalo: Stories From a Buffalo Hide Painting This activity explores the role of the buffalo in the lives of the American Indians of the northern plains
Unmasking the Maya
A brief view of Maya civilization and its relations between cultures of ancient Mexico and the United States
Native American Religions
An Alutiiq Dance
Festivals and spiritual ceremonies of the Alutiiq people of southern coastal Alaska
Edward Nelson's Collection of Yup'ik Masks
Native Alaskan Yup'ik masks presented from a Yup'ik perspective
Surviving Images, Forgotten People
Native Americans, Women, and African Americans on Early United States Bank Notes
Museums
American History Museum
History of science, technology, society and culture in America
American Indian Museum
Collects, preserves, studies and exhibits the living culture and history of the native peoples of the Americas
Natural History Museum
Dedicated to the natural and cultural history of the world
Portrait Gallery
Portraits of distinguished Americans
Research
Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives
Collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures
Anthropology Department
Cares for nearly 3 million ethnological, archaeological, and physical anthropology specimens from all over the world
Anthropology Library
Research material from anthropology as well as folklore, linguistics, biomedicine and forensic science
Arctic Studies Center
Dedicated to the study of northern peoples, their history and environment
Programs
Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Promotes the understanding and continuity of contemporary grassroots cultures
Folklife Festival
Annual celebration of art, music, crafts, culture and lore
Publications
American Indian Museum
Publications and exhibition catalogs
AnthroNotes
Museum of Natural History publication for educators
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