Performance Art by Métis artist Jaime Black
• March 18, 2019

Métis artist Jaime Black conceptualized the outdoor art installation “The REDress Project.” The artist will engage with the red dresses displayed along the Riverwalk located in the museum’s Native landscape […]

Special Tour—Native Women Rising
• March 11, 2019

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the month of March; 1:30–2:30 PM Meet in the Potomac Atrium, First Level Cultural Interpreters from the National Museum of the American Indian lead a […]

The REDress Project, an outdoor art installation
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To commemorate Women’s History Month, the National Museum of the American Indian presents The REDress Project, an outdoor art installation by artist Jaime Black (Métis). Showing in the United States […]

Symposium—Safety for Our Sisters: Ending Violence Against Native Women
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Safety for Our Sisters: Ending Violence Against Native Women draws vitally needed attention to the pressing and pervasive issue of violence against Native women, who suffer disproportionately high levels of […]

Film Screening: Warrior Women
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(USA, 2018, 64 min.) Co-Directors: Christina D. King (Seminole/Creek/Sac & Fox), Elizabeth Castle In the 1970s, with the swagger of unapologetic Indianness, organizers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) fought […]

Weekend Round Up February 7, 2019
• February 7, 2019

Were you born in 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983 or 1995? Then the Year of the Pig is your year! The Chinatown parade is this Sunday.

Chocolate Festival
• February 3, 2019

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian holds its annual Chocolate Festival in February. From the blossoms of the cacao tree which grows in Mesoamerica, the Maya culture developed […]

Winter Blast: A Family Day of Native Games
• December 31, 2018

This family-friendly event celebrates Indigenous games from the Arctic to Argentina. Visitors can meet Talibah Begay (Navajo) as she shares a traditional Navajo shoe game and test their skill with […]

Director’s Conversation with Steve Inskeep
• November 6, 2018

Steve Inskeep, host of NPR’s Morning Edition, is also the author of “Jacksonland,” a history of President Andrew Jackson’s long-running conflict with John Ross, a Cherokee chief who resisted the […]

Honor Song for Returning Native American Women Warriors
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In advance of Veterans Day, composer, singer and drummer Ralph Zotigh (Kiowa) will sing an honor song he composed for Native American women veterans. He will be joined by his […]