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Smithsonian Voices

The Smithsonian Institution has hundreds of scholars, researchers and curators, each with an amazing story to tell about their work, their quests and their passions. Here is a sampling of the unique voices that make up the chorus of ideas at the Institution.

How much do you know about water?
Smithsonian Science Education Center

How much do you know about water?

October 2nd, 2017, 2:33PM
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Members of a delegation from the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians read names of the signers of the Treaty of Fort Wayne of 1809 as the museum prepares to place the treaty on exhibit. From left: Tribal Council Member Wayne (Alex) Wesaw, Council Chairman John P. Warren, Council Elders Representative Judy Winchester, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer; Jason S. Wesaw, and Council Vice Chairman Robert (Bob) Moody, Jr. National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C., September 2017. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for National Museum of the American Indian)
National Museum of the American Indian

The Treaty of Fort Wayne, 1809—a treaty that led to war—goes on exhibit

September 29th, 2017, 12:45PM
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A nocturnal Swallow-tailed Gull sneaks in an afternoon nap, purposefully placing its beak atop its back and under its feathers to rest its neck and stay warm. (Matthew Williams)
Smithsonian Science Education Center

How Nature Keeps Cool and Handles the Heat

September 19th, 2017, 11:55AM
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Ningiukulu Teevee, (Canadian [Cape Dorset], b. 1963),
National Museum of the American Indian

Smithsonian in New York and the Embassy of Canada in Washington celebrate Arctic art

September 18th, 2017, 8:30PM
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Onboard science leads Drs. Chris Mah and Chris Kelley and NOAA Educational Partnership Program Intern Nikola Rodriguez discuss and take a closer look at deepwater habitats explored with remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer on Horizon Guyot. (Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2017 Laulima O Ka Moana)
National Museum of Natural History

Can Technology Bring the Deep-Sea to You?

September 6th, 2017, 3:53PM
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Starfish and other echinoderms are extremely important to the biodiversity of our oceans. (Image: Comstock Images/Stockbyte/Thinkstock)
Smithsonian Science Education Center

All About Starfish

September 6th, 2017, 10:09AM
/ BY Courtney Fernandez Petty
Niuam (Comanche) fan with sun and Morning Star designs (detail), ca. 1880. Oklahoma. 2/1617. (Credit: National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian)
National Museum of the American Indian

American Indian beliefs about the eclipse

August 21st, 2017, 11:00AM
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The swearing in of Wilma Mankiller as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Charlie Soap holds the Bible; the others are unidentified. Courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation.
National Museum of the American Indian

Just doing "what I could," Wilma Mankiller changed Native America

August 11th, 2017, 12:00PM
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The Q'eswachaka Bridge has been rebuilt continuously since the time of the Inkas. (Doug McMains, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian)
National Museum of the American Indian

Q’eswachaka, the Last Inka Suspension Bridge

August 4th, 2017, 8:13PM
/ BY Allie Plata
The 2016 Arctic sea ice summertime minimum, reached on Sept. 10, is 911,000 square miles below the 1981-2010 average minimum sea ice extent, shown here as a gold line (NASA Goddard's Scientific Visualization Studio/C. Starr).
National Museum of Natural History

Can Science Help Policymakers Create the Arctic Policies We Need Right Now?

August 3rd, 2017, 12:42PM
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