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Tongue Tied

Some 200 Native American languages are dying out and with them valuable history
October 31, 2007 | By Robin T. Reid

Ernesto Amoroso, NMAI

Sculpting Her Vision

A photo gallery of Nora Naranjo-Morse's inspiring outdoor designs
October 31, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

“I always knew strongly who I was and what I was supposed to do,” says Wiki (here at the mouth of the Klamath River on the Yurok Indian reservation in Northern California).

Making the Grade

Yurok Indian Geneva Wiki is helping other young Native Americans "develop their best selves"
October 2007 | By Katherine Ellison

There’s a misperception about prejudice, says Richeson, that “people do bad things because they’re bad people, and there are only a few of these bad apples around.” All of us have prejudices, she adds, but we also have the capacity to change.

The Bias Detective

How does prejudice affect people? Psychologist Jennifer Richeson is on the case
October 2007 | By David Berreby

“The more race is not supposed to matter, the more it does,” says Packer (in her home office in Pacifica, California). “It’s one of the conundrums of living in America today.” She is currently working on a historical novel titled The Thousands, about the “forgotten masses of blacks who went West.”

Comedienne of Manners

Novelist ZZ Packer uses humor to point up some disconcerting signposts along America's racial divide
October 2007 | By Tessa Decarlo

"I discovered Chicano painters in the mid-

Cheech Marin

The Smithsonian Latino Center recently honored Cheech Marin with a Legacy Award for his commitment to Chicano artists. He spoke with former magazine intern David Zax.
October 2007 | By David Zax

Ojibwa tribe members gather 50,000 pounds of wild rice

Going With the Grain

On Minnesota lakes, Native Americans satisfy a growing hunger for "slow food" by harvesting authentically wild rice the old-fashioned way
September 2007 | By Lauren Wilcox

An Evolving Ritual

The National Powwow showcases a mixture of tradition and competition
August 01, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

The Gullah Geechee perform an ancestral ceremony on Sullivan

Summertime for Gershwin

In the South, the Gullah struggle to keep their traditions alive
June 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

Adhering to tradition is a way of life among the Zuni Indians of northwestern New Mexico, whether it

The Zuni Way

Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past
April 2007 | By Virginia Morell

The African American DNA Roots Project

Family Ties

African Americans use scientific advances to trace their roots
February 01, 2007 | By Whitney Dangerfield

Board Rooms

Near Portland, Oregon, archaeologists and Indians have built an authentic Chinookan plankhouse like those Lewis and Clark saw
July 2005 | By Emily Sohn

The great Lakota chief Red Cloud

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

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

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

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

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

George Catlin set out to reach "every tribe of Indians on the Continent of North America," and to produce "faithful portraits...views of their villages, games, &c." His Sioux Encamped on the Upper Missouri, Dressing Buffalo Meat and Robes (detail) is from 1832.

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

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


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