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The Quapaw Treaty Was Honored for Only Six Years Before the United States Broke It

The document signed in 1818 serves as a reminder of the unfairness of the federal government's approach to negotiating with Native communities

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Women’s History Month featuring Native Rights Champion Suzan Shown Harjo

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How to Play Snow Snake, the Traditional Winter Game of the Haudenosaunee

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The Indigenous Effect: Native People in Film

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The National Museum of the American Indian Offers Many Online Resources to Honor Veterans Day

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Through the Indigenous Lens of Photographer Tomas 'Teko' Alejo

The quilted work Tears of Our Children, Tears for Our Children created by Susan Hudson (Diné/Navajo) depicts the effects of assimilation and boarding schools on the lives of Diné/Navajo children and adults.

Healing Soul Wounds: Grappling with the Indian Boarding School Era

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What the 1865 Cheyenne Arapaho Treaty Represents About the United States' Broken Promises to Native Americans

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Festivals Officially Return to the National Museum of the American Indian Starting with the Cherokee Festival

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A Return to the Wounded Knee Occupation, 50 Years Later

Michigan Anishinaabe women April Lindala, Linda Batiste-Cohen and Michelle Reed

Christmas Across Native America

Thanksgiving from an Indigenous Perspective

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Five Ideas for Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2022

Join Us to Honor the Exceptional Military Service of Native Americans

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Max Hiroshi Yamane: Initiating Relationships with Native People

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National Poetry Month: An Interview With Alaskan Poet Ishmael Angaluuk Hope

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With Color and Pageantry, Denver March Powwow Signals the Season's Opening

Worth Waiting, Craig George

Romance in Indian Country

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Museum's New Director Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar Says Her Goal Is 'Listening, Being Respectful and Asking for Help'

Taffy Abel

A Forgotten Olympic First

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