Contents INDIAN


NATIONAL MUSEUM of the AMERI CAN SUMMER/FALL 2014 SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY ISSUE


NATION TO NATION


THE LIVING LEGACY OF TREATIES


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THE GLITTERING WORLD OF THE YAZZIE FAMILY


JIM THORPE NEARS THE FINISH LINE


ON THE COVER: The U. S. government often marked peace negotiations by presenting “peace medals” to tribal leaders. This fine example will be on display in the new exhibit Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations, from Sept. 21, 2014 to Fall 2018, Fourth Level, National Museum of the American Indian, on the National Mall, Washington, D.C.


Thomas Jefferson peace medal, 1801, owned by Powder Face (Northern Inunaina/Arapaho) Oklahoma. Bronze copper alloy, hide, porcupine quills, feathers, dye, metal cones. NMAI 24/1965.


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DIRECTOR'S LETTER The passing of Billy Frank Jr.


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LETTER FROM THE ANTHROPOCENE: Tribal Parks project a different view of humanity.


SHAN GOSHORN: RE-WEAVING HISTORY An activist conveys her message through basketry.


2014 is a significant year for the National Museum of the American Indian. We use the numeric code of “25, 20, 15 and 10” with each number tied to place, memory and accomplish- ment. These numbers represent the year of our founding legislation (1989) and the years when the Museum opened each of our three major facilities (1994 – the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City; 1999 – the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md.; and 2004 – the Museum on the National Mall in D.C.).


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TREATIES: THE BEDROCK OF INDIAN LAW


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NATION TO NATION The New Treaties Exhibit at the Museum on the National Mall


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WHEN CONGRESS VETOED TREATY-MAKING


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DIPLOMACY AND PHOTOGRAPHY The Smithsonian launched its photography collection as a project to record Indian tribal delegations visiting Washington, D.C. Here is a sample from the Photo Archives at the Museum’s Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md.


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SUMMER/FALL 2014 VOL. 15 NO. 2


COUNTING INDIANS The U.S. Census and its troubled relations with Native Nations.


PHOTO BY WALTER LARRIMORE


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