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Women’s History Month: Bountiful Baskets
March 14, 2024
•Visit the National Museum of the American Indian and learn about the art of basketweaving from Indigenous women as they share the beauty of Native basketry and the significance of […]
Mother Tongue Film Festival: Frybread Face and Me
February 22, 2024
•Frybread Face and Me follows two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds as they bond during a summer on their grandmother’s Arizona ranch, learning more about their family’s past and […]
Blossom to Beverage: The Story of Chocolate
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Saturday and Sunday, February 17–18, 10:30 AM–5 PM National Mall The story of chocolate begins with a small cacao tree rooted deep in the history of Mesoamerican culture. Learn the […]
Native Art Market
November 28, 2023
•Make your holiday shopping special and support more than 30 award-winning Indigenous artists. Visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., and enjoy the museum’s annual […]
Weekend Roundup, Oct. 26 – 29
October 26, 2023
•Happy Halloween weekend! Scary amounts of fun are to be had (Georgetown Heritage Ghost Cruise anyone?) and Day of the Dead celebrations with the National Museum of the American Indian. […]
Native American Veterans Film Screening: Corridor Four
May 16, 2023
•Saturday, May 27, 2 p.m. https://americanindian.si.edu/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D166293693 Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b72vxs9ccd6zbsj/CorridorFour_01.jpg?dl=0 Corridor Four challenges the image of the American hero in a heartfelt portrait of 9/11 first responder Isaac Ho‘opi‘i (Native Hawaiian) as he works […]
National Museum of American History: Calendar of Exhibitions and Events: June 2023
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EXHIBITIONS OPENING “Treasures and Trouble: Looking Inside a Legendary Blues Archive”Archives Center, First Floor, WestOpens June 23 The exhibit explores the many treasures and troubles found within Robert “Mack” McCormick’s one-of-a-kind music […]
2023 Smithsonian Craft Show Preview Night Party
May 11, 2023
•This year’s Smithsonian Craft Show “Celebrating the American Spirit” launched on May 3 with an opportunity to meet the artists and shop their work while enjoying cocktails and a buffet […]
Living Earth Festival 2023: Native Nations Confronting Climate Change
April 11, 2023
•From water scarcity to floods and erosion, Native nations are addressing climate change across Indian Country. During the Living Earth Festival, join the museum for a weekend of conversations, demonstrations, […]
Film Screening: Prey
March 14, 2023
•(USA, 2022, 100 mins.) Director: Dan Trachtenberg, (Rated: R) Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly evolved Predators […]