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John Marshall began filming the Ju/'hoansi people in 1950. Later, he set up a foundation to help the tribe in its struggle for self-determination.

Recording the Ju/'hoansi for Posterity

For 50 years, John Marshall documented one of Africa's last remaining hunter- gatherer tribes in more than 700 hours of film footage

Simeon Wright, 67, is Emmett Till's cousin and was with him the night Till was kidnapped and murdered.

Emmett Till's Casket Goes to the Smithsonian

Simeon Wright recalls the events surrounding his cousin's murder and the importance of having the casket on public display

This dance stick (c. 1890) was created by the warrior No Two Horns to honor his horse being killed at Little Big Horn.

What's Up

Ansel Adams wrote of an "inevitable conflict" between the accuracy of color film and people's subjective reaction to colors.

Ansel Adams in Color

As a new book shows, not everything in the photographer's philosophy was black and white

Lytton Strachey picked his moment to make sport of Thomas Arnold and other Victorians.

Historical Laughter

Those who don't have power tend to make fun of those who do. But what happens when the power shifts?

The Internet seems to be the place to be, no matter how bad the smell or low the water pressure, so I guess we're here to stay.

Home Sweet Homepage

Why surf the Web when you can live there?

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Misperceptions

Closing in on 40 years

Hugh Van Es spent much of the day on Saigon's streets but saw the line of evacuees from his office window.

A Photo-Journalist's Remembrance of Vietnam

The death of Hugh Van Es, whose photograph captured the Vietnam War's end, launched a "reunion" of those who covered the conflict

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November Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

Starting in 1864, Arlington National Cemetery was transformed into a military cemetery.

How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be

The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home—seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades

Phineas Staunton paid homage to his subject, Henry Clay, in an 11-by7-foot canvas.

The Rescue of Henry Clay

A long-lost painting of the Senate's Great Compromiser finds a fitting new home in the halls of the U.S. Capitol

Château de Chambord has 440 rooms and a fireplace for every day of the year.

Château de Chambord: 440 Rooms of Royal Opulence

Though it began as a simple hunting lodge, this chateau grew to six times the size of others in the Loire

"My memories of Worthington are ... colored by what went on with my father," says Tim O'Brien.

From Brooklyn to Worthington, Minnesota

Novelist Tim O'Brien revisits his past to come to terms with his rural hometown

Mali's long history as a sub-Saharan trade route underlies its artistic traditions.

Looting Mali's History

As demand for its antiquities soars, the West African country is losing its most prized artifacts to illegal sellers and smugglers

Alaska—from Denali to the stuffed bear on an Anchorage street, "plays havoc with your senses and turns everyday logic on its head," Pico Iyer decided.

Alaska's Great Wide Open

A land of silvery light and astonishing peaks, the country's largest state perpetuates the belief that anything is possible

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Halloween Special: An Analysis of Blood Spatter from a Chainsaw

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Weekend Events: Judy Garland, Occult Literature and Day of the Dead

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Picture of the Week—The Kappa Crucis Cluster, a.k.a. the "Jewel Box"

The Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille was the first to find this cluster of stars in 1751 while on an astronomical expedition to the Cape of Good Hope

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Dinosaur Sighting: Bedrock, Arizona

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Last Minute Halloween Costumes with a Smithsonian Twist

Let the Smithsonian collection be your muse

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