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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York features 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.
Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture
August 4, 2012-August 11. 2013
The exhibition includes instruments and awards by Native musicians in a wide span of American popular music genres, from jazz to metal.
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more music and interviews.
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