Communities
Communities are social groups, including immigrant and ethnic groups, with a shared interest, cultural heritage or worldview
Chief Lobbyist
He made little headway with President Grant, but Red Cloud won over the 19th century's greatest photographers.
June 2005 |
By Anne Broache
Out of Time
Less than a decade after their first contact with the outside world, the volatile Korubo of the Amazon still live in almost total isolation. Their fiercest champion, Indian tracker Sydney Possuelo, is trying to keep their world intact. But how long can he, and they, hold out?
April 2005 |
By Paul Raffaele
Healing Arts
At Ojo Caliente, site of New Mexico's ancient hot springs, an artisan revives the craft of Native American pottery
April 2005 |
By Paul Trachtman
Where East Met (Wild) West
Excavations in a legendary gold rush town uncover the unsung labors of Chinese immigrants on the frontier
March 2005 |
By Raffi Khatchadourian
Ahead of Its Time?
Founded by a freed slave, an Illinois town was a rare example of biracial cooperation before the Civil War
January 2005 |
By Dana Mackenzie
American Odyssey
They fled terror in Laos after secretly aiding American forces in the Vietnam War. Now 200,000 Hmong prosper-and struggle-in the United States
September 2004 |
By Marc Kaufman
Token of Appreciation
A grateful Pomo Indian's gift to a friend exemplifies the brightest form of Native American artistry
August 2004 |
By Ed Leibowitz
Coming to America
A Somali Bantu refugee family leaves 19th-century travails behind in Africa to take up life in 21st-century Phoenix.
January 2004 |
By Gregory Jaynes
Tribal Talk
Immersion schools try to revive and preserve Native American languages
November 2003 |
By Michelle Nijhuis
Whose Rock Is It Anyway?
An Indian tribe wins the first round in a long fight with rock climbers
March 2003 |
By David Roberts
Manhattan Mayhem
Martin Scorsese's realistic portrayal of pre-Civil War strife Gangs of New York re-creates the brutal street warfare waged between immigrant groups
December 2002 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
George Catlin's Obsession
No artist devoted himself more passionately to a single subject than George Catlin. An exhibition at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. asks: Did his work exploit or advance the American Indian?
December 2002 |
By Bruce Watson
Mongrel Nation
Time and again, America has demonstrated a resilience that is rooted in the remarkable diversity of her people
November 2001 |
By Geoffrey C. Ward
Little Brother of War
Lacrosse sticks were tools of the trade in a rugged Indian game now growing popular around the world
December 01, 1997 |
By Adele Conover
Around the Mall & Beyond
Red-hot, beat-me-down, bring-you-up swing tunes' are just part of Radio Smithsonian's Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was, the story of radio's role in transforming the African-American community
April 1996 |
By Michael Kernan
