National Museum of the American Indian

The Honorable Senator Daniel Kahikina Akaka speaking during the lei-draping ceremony to commemorate King Kamehameha Day. June 7, 2009, the U.S. Capitol Visitors’ Center Emancipation Hall, Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of the U.S. Senate)

"The Spirit of Aloha Means Nothing Unless We Share It"—Senator Daniel Akaka (1924–2018)

April 6th, 2018, 9:17PM

/ BY Dennis Zotigh

The winter solstice begins a season of storytelling and ceremony

December 19th, 2017, 9:27PM

/ BY Dennis Zotigh

Members of the staff of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York hold a welcoming ceremony for a kayak frame built in the traditional Yup'ik way at the Qayanek Qayak Preservation Center in Kwigillingok, Alaska. A testament to the ingenuity and innovation of the Native cultures of the Arctic, the kayak frame will become a teaching exhibit when the New York museum's imagiNATIONS Activity Center opens this May. (National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian)

Long journey: A traditional kayak frame comes to New York

November 28th, 2017, 12:00PM

/ BY Althea Meer

Niuam (Comanche) fan with sun and Morning Star designs (detail), ca. 1880. Oklahoma. 2/1617. (Credit: National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian)

American Indian beliefs about the eclipse

August 21st, 2017, 11:00AM

/ BY Dennis Zotigh

The Q'eswachaka Bridge has been rebuilt continuously since the time of the Inkas. (Doug McMains, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian)

Q’eswachaka, the Last Inka Suspension Bridge

August 4th, 2017, 8:13PM

/ BY Allie Plata

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