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The Chaco Canyon chocolate-drinking jars have a distinct shape, with connections to similarly shaped Mayan vessels. After testing distinguishable jar fragments from an excavated trash pile in in the canyon, archaeologists determined all of the drinking jars were used to consume cacao. (A336494, A336499, A336493, James Di Loreto, Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

What Chocolate-Drinking Jars Tell Indigenous Potters Now

Normee Ekoomiak (Inuit, 1948–2009).

National Museum of the American Indian

A Curator’s Fourth of July Message on the Long, Shared Work of Creating a Better America

Smithsonian Geologist Liz Cottrell answers your questions in the National Museum of Natural History’s YouTube series, “The Doctor Is In.” (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

How Much Pressure is at Earth’s Center and Other Questions From Our Readers

Kiowa Gourd Clan Ceremonial July 4 2019

National Museum of the American Indian

Do American Indians Celebrate the Fourth of July?

Staring into the mouth of flooded cave passages on the islands of the Turks and Caicos. Hidden cave pools are illuminated by dive lights and photo flash. (Joost Daniels, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)

National Museum of Natural History

Scientists Brave One of the Darkest Places on Earth for Rare Predatory Worm

Photograph of Grayce Uyehara at the Ten Women in Leadership Conference, 1987 (AC1480-0000001, Grayce Uyehara Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History)

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Because of Grayce Uyehara’s Story: Accessing Asian American Activism in the Archives

Girl, Simone Leigh, Chitra Ganesh,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Identity and Visibility

One of the entrances to the underground tunnels of the Mittelwerk, as photographed by the U.S. Army after the liberation in April 1945.

National Air and Space Museum

“Wonder Weapons” and Slave Labor

researcher Tremie Gregory climbs high up a tree in Peruvian Amazon rainforest to set up a camera trap

National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

How Scientists Are Uncovering the Secrets of Life in the Rainforest Canopy

TWA transferred its entire fleet of five Boeing 307s, along with their flight crews, to the ATC. The airline opened regular transatlantic service in 1942.

National Air and Space Museum

Air Transport Command and the Airlines During World War II

Aircraft designer Neal Loving flying his WR-3 near Springfield, Ohio.

National Air and Space Museum

Neal V. Loving: Pilot, Engineer, Aircraft Designer

In a Smithsonian Associates Streaming program on July 8, historian Allen Pietrobon leads a literary journey that explores the nature and impact of American travel stories.

Smithsonian Associates

The Great American Road Trip and 20 Other Smithsonian Associates Events Streaming in July

Flyer

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

The Power of the Flyer

Cegape or Strike the Kettle (Lakota, ca. 1841–?). Untitled painting, collected in 1893. North or South Dakota. 20/5176. Most large paintings of this kind focus on a single event, often a battle. This painting, made by a follower of Sitting Bull, shows warriors—figures on horseback carrying lances and shields—within the Lakota way of life. (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian)

National Museum of the American Indian

144 Years after the Battle of Little Bighorn, Lakota Values Endure

Screenshot from the 1986

Office of Academic Appointments and Internships

Of Mice and Marketing: A Story of Inclusion

The National Museum of Natural History’s Lepidoptera collection holds up to half of the world's species of hawk moths, important pollinators for many wild ecosystems. There are over 1450 species of hawk moths in total on Earth. (Smithsonian)

National Museum of Natural History

Why Hawk Moths are the Underdogs of the Pollinator World

Smithsonian Geologist Liz Cottrell answers your questions in the National Museum of Natural History’s YouTube series, “The Doctor Is In.” (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of Natural History

Which Volcano Spews Colder Lava and Other Questions From Our Readers

Paul Cadmus,

Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery

Seeing the Rainbow in SAAM’s Collection

Alma W. Thomas, Blast Off, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 74 x 54 inches

National Air and Space Museum

The Art of Alma W. Thomas: A Colorful Response

Adrian Stevens (Ute/Shoshone–Bannock/San Carlos Apache) and Sean Snyder (Dine/Ute), a couple who regularly participate in powwows. (Courtesy of Adrian Stevens, used with permission)

National Museum of the American Indian

Pride Month 2020: Perspectives on LGBTQ Native Americans in Traditional Culture

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