Voyages Into Native Worlds: Gaming Offers a Glimpse into Indigenous Cultures and Stories
The explosive video game industry now offers a glimpse into authentic Indigenous cultures.
Art & Culture
The Paradigm Shifters: Showing Real Native Lives on Screen
Indigenous directors, writers and actors are changing the narrative of American television and film.
The Life of an Object: NMAI Objects Reunite with Native Communities at the New First Americans Museum
More than 100 items from NMAI’s collection are on view at Oklahoma’s new First Americans Museum, reuniting them with their Native communities after more than a century.
Memories of Lee Marmon: A Lifetime of Photographic Storytelling in New Mexico
One man’s intimate look at his New Mexico pueblo, its people and surrounding homelands.
True Native New Yorkers: Connecting to Community and Each Other, Even in a Crowd
Indigenous people find ways to connect to culture and each other, even far from their communities.
Together We Lift The Sky: yəhaw̓ and Black-Indigenous Artists Advance Social Justice
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Through art, a collective of Black-Indigenous artists is advancing social justice.
Restoring Balance: A Two-Decade Effort Shepherds Dozens of Tlingit Objects Home
A two-decade collaboration with Tlingit people in Alaska has returned more than 70 items from Smithsonian collections to clans.
The Way Back Home: The Journeys of Seneca “Culture Worker” Peter Jemison
This profile of NMAI Board of Trustees Member G. Peter Jemison (Seneca) follows his journey from abstract artist to a bridge between cultures.
Reservation Mathematics: Navigating Love in Native America
The intimate stories in this photo essay reveal how U.S. government regulations that determine eligibility for tribal enrollment are impacting Native Americans’ choice of partners.
The Genízaro Pueblo of Abiquiú
This photo essay explores the lives of residents of Spanish and American Indian descent who have lived for more than 250 years in this small New Mexico pueblo, a community that had its genesis in violence and slavery.