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• Home Page | National Museum of the American Indian

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  The NMAI fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples.

• Native American Heritage Month 2024

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  Paying tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native Americans. A curated website with links to resources, events, and more.

• Our Way--a Parallel History

  An Anthology of Native History, Reflection, and Story

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  "Indigenous History Is American HistoryOur Way: A Parallel History dispels the myths, stereotypes, and absence of information about American Indian, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian people in the master narrative of US history. For most…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Indian Contributions to the World

  15,000 Years of Inventions and Innovations

  Keoke, Emory Dean

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• The Indian Card

  Who Gets to Be Native in America

  Schuettpelz, Carrie Lowry, 1984-

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  "While the federal government recognizes Tribal sovereignty, being a member of a Tribe requires navigating blood quantum laws and rolls that the federal government created with the intention of wiping out Native people altogether. Over two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Rediscovery of America

  Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

  Blackhawk, Ned

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  "The most enduring feature of U.S. history is the presence of Native Americans, yet most histories focus on Europeans and their descendants. This long practice of ignoring Indigenous history is changing, however, with a new generation of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life Among the Paiutes

  Their Wrongs and Claims

  Winnemucca, Sarah

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  "Life Among the Paiutes (1883) is a book by Sarah Winnemucca. Written toward the end of a lifetime of advocacy on behalf of Native Americans, Life Among the Paiutes is a hybrid work of history and memoir by Sarah Winnemucca, who witnessed…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Navajo Code Talkers of World War II

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  There are many books about the history of the Navajo Code Talkers. This is a documentary film.

• Code Talker

  The First and Only Memoir by One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII

  Schiess Avila, Judith • Nez, Chester

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• The Navajo Code Talkers

  Lewis, J. Patrick

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• On Warriors' Wings

  Army Vietnam War Helicopters and the Native Americans They Were Named to Honor

  Napoliello, David,

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  We've all heard of Apache helicopters do you know why that moniker was hung on them?

• Rings of Fire

  How An Unlikely Team of Scientists, Ex-cons, Women, and Native Americans Helped Win World War II

  Hughes, Larry J., 1953-

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• The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee

  Native America From 1890 to the Present

  Treuer, David

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  The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee argues that Native American culture is far from defeated-if anything, it is thriving as much today as it was one hundred years ago. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee looks at Native American culture as it exists…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Native American Clothing

  An Illustrated History

  Brasser, Ted J.

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• Born of Lakes and Plains

  Mixed-descent Peoples and the Making of the American West

  Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960-

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• Native Nations

  a Millennium in North America

  DuVal, Kathleen

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  "A millennium ago, North American cities rivaled urban centers around the world in size, but following a period of climate change and instability DuVal shows how numerous nations emerged from previously centralized civilizations. From this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Braiding Sweetgrass

  Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

  Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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  In this beautifully written book Robin Wall Kimmerer shares stories and indigenous knowledge about our world and how it applies to current times and issues.

• Indigenous Continent

  the Epic Contest for North America

  Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967-

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  "From the Iroquois and Pueblos to the Lakotas and Comanches, Native empires frequently decimated white newcomers in battle, forcing them to accept and even adopt Native ways...In our myth-busting era, this restoration of Native Americans…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Think Indigenous

  Native American Spirituality for a Modern World

  Good Feather, Doug,

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  "Direct descendant of Grandpa Chief Sitting Bull and American Lakota spiritual leader Doug Good Feather will guide you to becoming grounded with your own indigenous roots and your innate ancestral knowing that all beings are divinely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why We Serve

  Native Americans in the United States Armed Forces

  Harris, Alexandra N., 1976-

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