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In partnership with Native peoples and their allies, the National Museum of the American Indian fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples. The museum in Washington, D.C., is located on the National Mall at Fourth Street and Independence Avenue S.W. The museum in New York City is located in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House at One Bowling Green. The museum cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. The National Museum of the American Indian operates three facilities. The museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., offers exhibition galleries and spaces for performances, lectures and symposia, research, and education. The George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York City houses exhibitions, research, educational activities, and performing arts programs. The Cultural Resources Center (CRC) in Suitland, Maryland, houses the museum's collections as well as the conservation, repatriation, and digital imaging programs, and research facilities. The museum's off-site outreach efforts, often referred to as the "fourth museum," include websites, traveling exhibitions, and community programs. Since the passage of its enabling legislation in 1989 (amended in 1996), the National Museum of the American Indian has been steadfastly committed to bringing Native voices to what the museum writes and presents, whether on-site at one of the three venues, through the museum's publications, or via the Internet. The museum is also dedicated to acting as a resource for the hemisphere's Native communities and to serving the greater public as an honest and thoughtful conduit to Native cultures—present and past—in all their richness, depth, and diversity. Smithsonian Terms of Use: www.si.edu/termsofuse
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- #Educators: Are you in search of ways to improve teaching and learning about Indigenous peoples, histories, and cultures? This back-to-school season, the museum’s Native Knowledge 360° (NK360°) team is excited to welcome educators to a series of upcoming professional development opportunities at both of our museum locations and online. Keep reading to learn more about these professional development opportunities and register now via Native Knowledge 360°: https://lnkd.in/gG2_Ne5yOn Saturday, September 28, our Washington, DC museum will co-host our eighth annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day Curriculum Teach-In with our partners Teaching for Change. Participants can select two workshop breakout sessions. Each session provides resource-rich experiences, such as classroom lessons about Native peoples and topics; resources from both partners; and strategies for effectively incorporating the museum’s exhibitions in Washington, DC, into classroom curricula. Not able to join us in-person? Save the date for our virtual Teach-In on Saturday, November 2. On Saturday, October 5, our New York museum will host a Native New York: Educators’ Open House. Earn CTLE credits and a certificate of participation by attending and learning about the peoples and themes featured in the “Native New York” exhibition through NK360° classroom resources, gallery tours, film, photography, beading, and other guided experiences. Visit NK360° anytime to find classroom-ready resources and standards-based lessons about topics such as the impact of the Gold Rush on California Natives, food sovereignty, and Thanksgiving.#NativeKnowledge360 #BackToSchool #Education #K12 #Teachers
Native Knowledge 360° | Professional Development | Upcoming americanindian.si.edu - #InTheNews: On Friday, Sept. 27, the California state government recognized Native American Day, and announced the signing of several bills that advance tribal priorities. Bill AB 1821 "will require elementary through high school education regarding the Mission and Gold Rush periods to include the treatment and perspectives of Native Americans, providing students a fuller picture of the state’s history." Our Native Knowledge 360° education team is ready to support California educators in fulfilling these new requirements! Two of our newest resources focus primarily on the experiences of Native peoples of California during the Gold Rush and Mission periods. "The Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans of California" is an inquiry lesson that provides primary sources, maps, images, and background history to offer 8th-12th grade teachers and students insight into a little-known but vitally important aspect of one of the most iconic events in American history. “California Native American Survival and Resilience During the Mission Period” is an inquiry lesson that provides primary and secondary sources, maps, images, background history, and objects from our collection to offer 4th grade, and 7th-12th grade teachers and students insight into California Native American resilience during the Spanish mission period.#Educators can find these resources and more to transform teaching and learning about Native Americans on our site: https://lnkd.in/gCuYBtW2 #NativeAmericanDay #Education #California #NK360
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Across the country, communities are harnessing local resources—people, land, intergenerational knowledge—to secure a nutritious, sustainable future for us all. How are traditional practices and heritage ingredients furthering these goals? What role do they play in solving seemingly intractable problems such as hunger and food insecurity, and what can communities learn from one another to achieve local objectives? This Friday, September 27, from noon to 1 p.m., join us for a timely conversation with innovative leaders in the field at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The event is free and open to the public, and ASL interpretation is provided. This program is produced by the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in association with the Smithsonian Institution Office of Government Relations. It marks the second anniversary of The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Special thanks to the staff at the National Museum of the American Indian for their assistance with this program. - "There is no place in this hemisphere where Indian people have not walked. That's part of the reason I feel so strongly about our having a museum on the National Mall....Native America is not a stagnant, neatly compartmentalized group of cultures," wrote artist Ramona Sakiestewa (Hopi) in "Spirit of a Native Place: Building the National Museum of the American Indian." On this day twenty years ago, our doors opened in Washington, DC. Every day since has been dedicated to sharing the stories, knowledge, and voices of Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere in the nation's capital. This summer, we celebrated a year of significant milestones for the museum and took the opportunity to help visitors understand just what Ramona meant when she wrote those words. Along with Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, we welcomed hundreds of Indigenous artists, makers, chefs, athletes, and storytellers for the 2024 program "Indigenous Voices of the Americas" (s.si.edu/IVA). Thousands of visitors from around the world had the opportunity to understand the beauty, strength, and resilience of Native peoples through stories, songs, dance, arts, sports, food, and more. For the next twenty years and beyond, our museum will continue to seek equity and social justice for the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere through education, inspiration, and empowerment. You are always welcome in this Native place, and we hope to see you again soon.#OnThisDay #IndigenousVoicesOfTheAmericas
- "When I'm home...I can feel the place of my roots. This is the land where my Tótsohnii family has lived for many generations. My great-great-great grandmother...lived here....My family has lived here ever since."—DY Begay (Diné [Navajo], b. 1953) Memories are embedded in the land. For Diné artist DY Begay, the land—her land in Tsélaní, the Navajo Reservation in Arizona—is everything. The red mesas, stone spires, and expansive horizons of her homeland and the memories of family that reside therein provide the meaning and inspiration from which she weaves her innovative wool tapestries. While Tsélaní has been Begay's muse, it is her innate desire to experiment that makes her tapestries unique. Her medium, weaving, is deeply traditional to Diné culture and one at which Diné women have excelled for generations. As is customary, Begay learned to weave from her female relatives. Yet her curiosity and creative drive moved her to explore the expressive potential of her art form. The resulting tapestries are a contemporary expression of a Diné way of being from a master of color and design. “Sublime Light: Tapestry Art of DY Begay” represents three decades of the artist's work and is her first comprehensive retrospective. The exhibition is now on view through July 13, 2025 at our Washington, DC museum. Join us tomorrow, Saturday, Sept. 21 for a book signing and panel conversation (also online) with the artist. https://s.si.edu/47BFBstMajor support provided by Henry Luce Foundation. Generous support provided by Ameriprise Financial. Additional support provided by The Coby Foundation, Ltd. and Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. Federal support provided by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum.
- Are you a Native Art scholar focused on historic or contemporary artists, or community-based Indigenous knowledge? Predoctoral, postdoctoral, and senior-level scholars are invited to apply for the Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship, 2024-2025, a joint opportunity with our museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. During your fellowship in Washington, DC you will make lifelong connections and network with scholars and researchers across the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex. Deadline to apply: Tuesday, October 15, 2024 Apply now and share with your networks: https://lnkd.in/gg3ie8U8 #NativeArt #IndigenousArt #Smithsonian #ResearchFellowship
Applications are open to apply for the Betsy James Wyeth Fellow in Native American Art, 2025–2026, a one-year residential fellowship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) and National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) that seeks to foster new scholarship on Native art of the United States. Deadline to apply: October 15, 2024 The proposed independent project may focus on historic or contemporary Native American artists, designers, and makers, and will center and elevate Indigenous methodologies, knowledges, and communities. The recipient will be jointly advised by a SAAM and NMAI staff member and provided with access to both museums’ resources. Learn more and apply by October 15: https://lnkd.in/gg3ie8U8
The Betsy James Wyeth Fellowship in Native American Art americanart.si.edu - #DeadlineApproaching: Just one week left to apply for both of these positions! Submit your application through USAJobs by next Wednesday, August 21 to be considered. #MuseumJobs #NowHiring #HiringAlert #SmithsonianJobs
#HiringAlert: We are in search of candidates to fill two positions critical to museum operations and exhibitions! Apply by Wed., August 21 through USAJobs to be considered. Not the roles for you? Please share these opportunities with your networks! If managing large, complex, multi-million dollar and multi-year projects in a museum setting or cultural institution and leading a multi-disciplinary project team fits your experience and skill set, we invite you to apply for our open Project Manager position. Qualified candidates will be comfortable and familiar with building consensus across and within organizations while coordinating needs such as fundraising, marketing, and contracting. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/eiRPe5mQMore of a hands-on type? If you would like to be responsible for preparing, installing, and maintaining exhibits that are technically complex and require using a wide variety of materials, layouts, and techniques, then you might consider our open Exhibits Specialist role. Qualified candidates should have experience installing, maintaining and finishing exhibits, including experience using exhibit production and maintenance tools, and fabricating and installing exhibit cases and panels. Apply now: https://lnkd.in/eDv4sQmq #MuseumJobs #NowHiring #SmithsonianJobs #ProjectManagement #Exhibitions
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