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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York features year-round exhibitions, dance and music performances, workshops, family and school programs, daily video screenings, and film festivals that present the diversity of the Native peoples of the Americas and the strength of Native cultures, past, present, and future.
A Song for the Horse Nation: Horses in Native American Cultures tells the story of the relationship of Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and horses. When American Indians encountered horses—which some tribes call the Horse Nation—they found an ally, inspiring and useful in times of peace, and intrepid in times of war. Horses transformed Native life and became a central part of many tribal cultures.
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