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SPRING 2015 VOL. 16 NO. 1
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NATIONAL MUSEUM of the AMERI CAN 18
LIVING IN THE ANTHROPOCENE The oceans, and its birds, are clogged with plastic.
SPRING 2015
JOSIAH POWLESS
HERO OF THE ARDENNES
HOW EUROPE LOST AMERICA
JIM THORPE, CAREGIVER
DRESSED FOR A TREATY
A SONG FROM THE HEART
... AND MUCH MORE
A SONG FROM THE HEART The beat of indigenous music re-emerged in the Rock ‘n’ Roll of our time.
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DR. JOSIAH POWLESS: HERO OF THE ARDENNES The first Oneida to graduate from medical school fought two wars, one for better health for his people, the other in the final offensive of World War I. His heroics deserve greater recognition.
On the Cover: This figure is one of many amazing items from the little-known pre-Contact Central Ameri- can cultures to be displayed in the exhibit Ceramica de los Ancestros: Central America’s Past Revealed, opening at the West Gallery of the Museum’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York City from April 18, 2015 to Feb. 29, 2016.
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Greater Nicoya female figure on a feline-effigy bench, AD 800 – 1200, Linea Vieja area, Costa Rica. Pottery, clay slip, paint. Formerly in the collection of Carlos S. Balser; Museum of the American Indian exchange with William Hawker, 1959 (22/8837)
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JIM THORPE, CAREGIVER In a lesser-known career in Hollywood, the great athlete promoted the cause of Indians in and out of the movie industry.
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HOW EUROPE LOST AMERICA Settlement in Newfoundland by the extended family of Eric the Red ended a millennium ago, an adventure doomed by crimes against the Native inhabitants, and themselves.
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DRESSED FOR A TREATY One of the Museum’s iconic holdings, the formal dress of a Seneca Clan Mother, has been carefully preserved for display in the major D.C. exhibit Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations.
PHOTO BY ERNEST AMOROSO
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