Museum celebrates native peoples
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Within the vast collection of the new National Museum of the American Indian is a stark reminder of some of the darkest days of Colorado history.
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Mementoes of Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull are being returned to his descendants, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History announced Monday.
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From its tawny, curving exterior to  the buffalo chili on its restaurant menu, the National Museum  of the American Indian aims to challenge expectations when it  opens next week.
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From Athens to Washington, museums jostle one another for a place in the sun.
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WASHINGTON - Watching a procession of 20,000 American Indians from across the continent march down the National Mall on Tuesday to herald the opening of the new Museum of the American Indian, Forrest Cuch of the Northern Ute Indian Tribe was overwhelmed.
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The National Museum of the American Indian, which officially opens Tuesday, welcomes visitors with a dome of white rings rising toward a sun-shaped skylight.
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In a proud and colorful procession stretching almost two miles from the Washington Monument to the US Capitol, tens of thousands of American Indians from across the Western
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The Philadelphia Museum of Art has succeeded in restoring the vivacity of African art in a mainstream museum setting.
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The British Museum has given a sneak preview of an exhibition featuring two-century-old sacred Polynesian artefacts and explaining the notion of &quot;tapu,&quot; the origin of the word taboo.
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By MEG HASKELL; OF THE NEWS STAFF  ORONO - Two complementary exhibits by area artists opened Thursday at the Hudson Museum on the University of Maine campus in Orono, showcasing the history, wildness and beauty of the north Maine woods.
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Bobby Madritsch never lived on a reservation, but every time he sets foot on one, it feels a bit like home. When the Mariners right-hander showed up on the Tulalip reservation yesterday to speak to children
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The new Indian Museum is set to open September 21 in Washington, DC and it&#39;s collection includes hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the native cultures of both North and South America.
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WASHINGTON With thundering drums, jubilant whoops and bell-jingling dancers, the Smithsonian&#39;s opening of the National Museum of the American Indian capped a 17-year quest by tribal leaders and elected officials to commemorate Indian culture and history
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"It's closer in many ways to theater than it is to a didactic display based on a collection"  An empty lawn in the heart of what was once the Warsaw Ghetto will soon become a place not only of mourning, but of celebrating the Jewish life that flourished in Poland before it was destroyed in the Holocaust.Jewish leaders and President Lech Kaczynski will break ground Tuesday for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. It sits on a highly charged site _ next to the city's monument to the Jews who resisted the Nazis during the 1943 ghetto uprising, and just down the street from the rail siding where many were deported to their deaths. Read more
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From the wetlands out front to the undulating exterior, the new National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., is built on native ideas. Includes photo gallery.
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On the grounds of the US Capitol in Washington Wednesday, and just a day after the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall, Native American leaders called on members of Congress to address the urgent issues facing Native
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The Choctaw Lady Warriors wore their basketball championship T-shirts, jeans and sneakers as they prepared to join Tuesday&#39;s procession celebrating the new National Museum of the American Indian.