Summer 2015

Reviving an Art Form: Reviving a Culture

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Joshua Madalena, potter and former governor of Jemez Pueblo, experimented for a decade before recovering the secret of making his people’s ancient black-and-white ceramics, lost for 300 years after Spanish repression of the Pueblo Revolt.

Black Beaver: Delaware Hero of the Civil War

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One of the most celebrated Indian scouts of the Civil War, he successfully evacuated Union troops from the seceding South in 1861. But it was just one episode in a long, eventful career.

Life on the Art Market Trail

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Indian artists and craftsman travel a year-long circuit of prestigious craft fairs and competitions to bring their work to the attention of a broader public.

The Great Inka Road: The Integration of an Andean Empire

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Qhapaq Nan, the Inka road, was an awe-inspiring feat of engineering and construction, and also of political integration. It held together a vast empire of majestic terrain and widely different eco-systems, until the arrival of the Spanish.

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The rich cultural, engineering and political achievements of the Andes come into focus this summer at the National Museum of the American Indian – Smithsonian in the major exhibition The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire. This ﬁgurine is one of more than 140 items to go on display June 26, 2015 through June 2018. Inka ﬁgurine of a woman, AD 1470–1532. Coast of Peru. Gold-silver alloy. 9.6" x 2.5" x 2.8". National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution 5/4120.