The National Museum of the American Indian has many online exhibits available to visit. Some of their online interactive exhibits include:
This exhibition honors the generations of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian members of the United States Armed Forces, and commemorates the National Native American Veterans Memorial, dedicated at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. View the entire list of topics here.
Consistent across time and cultures is the use of the body to communicate and express—to tell stories, participate in the cycles of nature, mourn, pray, and celebrate. Throughout the Americas music and dance have always been an essential part of the spiritual, cultural, and social lives of Native peoples.
Americans highlights the ways in which American Indians have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began. It delves into the three stories, surrounds visitors with images, and invites them to begin a conversation about why this phenomenon exists.
Get inspired by a growing collection of Indigenous art and culture from across the Americas with Google Arts & Culture's Indigenous Americas Collection.
Navigate an interactive timeline covering the struggle of Native Americans to preserve their rights. The timeline presents information by major sections explaining the history along with digitized images of original photos, documents, and maps.
Photograph of Navajo Indian Code Talkers Henry Bake and George Kirk, 1943; Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. U.S. Marine Corps, Record Group 127; [online version available through the National Archives Catalog (National Archives Identifier 593415.) at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/593415; October 13, 2022].
Library of Congress : Living Nations - Living Words
This collection—part of Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s “Living Nations, Living Words” signature project—contains audio recordings of 47 contemporary Native American poets reading and discussing an original poem. Visit here to use the interactive map of First Peoples poetry.
Library of Congress - Veterans History Project
The Veterans History Project by the Library of Congress has collected stories from veterans that tell of their experiences. The Native Americans featured in this collection volunteered to serve in conflicts from World War II to Iraq.
Bureau of Indian Affairs - Photograph Collection
Explore over 18,000 Photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Explore photographs by tribal nation, topic of state.
Photograph of Governor Juan Andres Abeita of the Isleta Pueblo Tribe and His Wife,1940 [Photographs and other Graphic Materials]; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; [online version available through the National Archives Catalog (National Archives Identifier 593723) at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/593723; October 13, 2022].
PBS – 30 stories for 30 days
This collection contains videos that explore the many creative people of Native American and Alaska Native heritage who carry on Indigenous traditions in a modern world. Each video highlights an individual or group who are telling their cultural stories via myriad different ways, from fashion to film to cuisine.
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