Wiyot dancers Brandon Volin on left and Chad Markussen on the right during a demonstration in 2009 on the Wiyot reservation in California.
1969 to 1974. The White House and admin- istration officials who worked with President Nixon on these policies will discuss this subject and what it means to the American Indian. Contemporary leading American Indian law scholars will also address the progressive results of these activities that were instituted more than 40 years ago. David Ferriero, the Archivist of the United States, will deliver opening remarks. The symposium features Reid Peyton Chambers, former DOI Associate Solicitor; Kevin Gover, Director of the National Museum of the American Indian; Lee W. Huebner, Nixon White House Department Director of Research and Writing; Bobbie Kilberg, Domestic Council Staff Assistant and Wallace Johnson, former Assistant Attorney General for Lands and Natural Resources. Co-sponsored with the Richard Nixon Foundation and the National Archives.
NATIVE FESTIVAL: MVSKOKE ETVLWV (MUSCOGEE PEOPLE) Thursday, Nov. 15 - Saturday, Nov. 17 10:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Potomac Atrium and other museum locations The Muscogee (Creek) Nation celebrates its tribal history and heritage with three days of food, presentations, performances and, in honor of Veterans Day, daily stories from members of the Muscogee Nation Honor Guard. Other activities or demonstrations include Muscogee singers, storytellers and booths showcasing Muscogee art and craft, the Muscogee language, tribal cooking and Muscogee (Creek) Nation tribal programs and services.
NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY Friday, Nov. 23 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Welcome Desk, Mitsitam Cafe, and other museum locations Buttons commemorating Native American Heritage Day will be given to all visitors.
NATIVE FILM SEPTEMBER DAILY SCREENINGS
12:30 p.m. NATIVE ARTISTS SHORT FILMPROGRAM
3:30 p.m. WHEN THE SEASON IS GOOD: ARTISTS OF ARCTIC ALASKA (2005, 65 min.) U.S. Director: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Inupiat) Four contemporary Alaska Native artists – an ivory carver, a skin sewer, a sculptor and a painter – from the Bering Sea and Arctic regions share their personal stories, express- ing the complex relationships between art, culture, economics and survival in some of the most remote places in the world.
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