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2018 SLC Day of the Dead. From left to right: Melissa Carrillo, SLC New Media & Technology Director; Xanath Caraza, Scholar and Writer; Frida Larios, Artist; José A. Ralat, Digital Media Specialist. Photo by Tyler Orsburn.

Smithsonian Latino Center Day of the Dead Celebration 2018

Smithsonian Latino Center Day of the Dead Celebration 2018

Hollywood Forever Collections. Smithsonian Latino Center, 2012.

Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is not the same as Halloween. Far from being spooky, this holiday is a cheerful way to remember and celebrate the deceased loved ones.

Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona

Ante el río / Before the River

Ante el río / Before the River

Smithsonian Latino Center, Hollywood Forever Collections

Literary Calaveras

Literary Calaveras

Smithsonian Latino Center avatar representation of La Llorona

¡Ay, mis hijos!, a Llorona Story

¡Ay, mis hijos!, a Llorona Story

Young Ambassador, Mia Cooper and her supervisor Cathy posing with the cast of the superhero show

Taking a Walk on the “Science” Side of Life

Taking a Walk on the “Science” Side of Life

Smithsonian Latino Center Director, Eduardo Diaz, accepts award on behalf of the center. Photo credit: Kelly Carnes

Smithsonian Latino Center Honored with Community Service Award by NBC4 and Telemundo44

Smithsonian Latino Center Honored with Community Service Award by NBC4 and Telemundo44

Young Ambassador, Yesenia Muñoz at the children’s baile folklórico performance. (Courtesy of the National Museum of Mexican Art.)

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Yesenia Muñoz describes her YAP internship experience.

During the reception that closed the program “Taíno: A Symposium in Dialogue with the Movement,” presenters and audience members formed an areíto, or ancestral group dance, to celebrate community, resilience, and regeneration. El programa “Taíno: Un simposio en diálogo con el movimiento” se cerró con una recepción durante la cual los presentadores y el público formaron un areíto, o baile ancestral en grupo, para celebrar la comunidad y su capacidad para resistir y regenerarse.

The Renaissance of a Native Caribbean People: Taíno Ethnogenesis

The Renaissance of a Native Caribbean People: Taíno Ethnogenesis

Indigenous community leaders Panchito Ramírez and Reyna Ramírez share knowledge and craft for making cutaras (sandals) from royal palm leaves (jagua) and other fibers to José Barreiro. Los líderes comunitarios indígenas Panchito Ramírez y Reyna Ramírez le muestran a José Barreiro el proceso para hacer sandalias (cutaras) de la hoja de la palma real (jagua) y otras fibras.

Taíno: Valuing and Visibilizing Caribbean Indigeneity

José Barreiro is scholar emeritus on History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian. He led the documentation of the oral histories and traditions of eastern Cuba´s Native communities and is the co-curator of the exhibition TAÍNO: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean.

Amanda learning about documents used to create exhibitions and serve as learning tools for the public. Courtesy of the Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte.

The Story within a Story

Amanda Robles shares her Young Ambassador internship experience.

The Witte Museum on the first day of Hernandez’s internship. Courtesy of Estrella Hernandez.

Chili Queens and Fiesta Gowns

Young Ambassador Estrella Hernandez recounts her experience interning at the Witte Museum.

Young Ambassador Samantha meeting with individuals that work at the museum. Courtesy of the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose.

Love What You Do and Give Back

Unidentified Native child near Baracoa, Cuba, 1919. Detail of photo by Mark Raymond Harrington. NMAI N04470

Musing Relevance: A Taíno Exhibition Beyond Archaeology, Beyond Columbus

Carlos Francisco Parra

Francisco Parra Gets Hands-On With Spanish-Language TV and Radio Archives

Michelle Tovar during her LMSP fellowship in 2015, viewing the Dolores Huerta exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery

Michelle Tovar Works to Incorporate Local Narratives in the Telling of Bracero Program History

Gianna May Sanchez

Gianna May Sanchez Sees Ways to Immerse the Public in Latino History with Tech

Robin Morey

Robin Morey Picks Apart California’s Cultural Soundscape

Photo credit Michelle Joan Wilkinson

Laura Belik Explores the Common Struggles of Groundbreaking Black and Latino Architects

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