...The process of creating something is as important as the object being created for Native people. That was the spirit that the creators of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) wanted to honor in the building of the museum. This chapter looks at the first steps that were taken...

..., 2011 . 3. I thank Peter Linett, principle Slover Linnet Strategies consulting firm, for this information. 4. See, among others, my review of NMAI: “Heritage vs. History at the National Museum of the American Indian,” Public Historian 28 (2006), pp. 69–74 . 5. See Victor...

... Asian Museum (which had opened in a storefront in 1967) was at the forefront of the trend, opening its new headquarters in Seattle in 1987. The Japanese American National Museum opened in Los Angeles in 1992. The National Museum of the American Indian opened interim installations in New York City...

...This chapter presents a poetic interpretation of the history and tendering of the landscape where the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is now situated. It looks at the lives of the Native Americans who have resided in the past and who reside there now. “Always Becoming” poem Naranjo...

... the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is itself a living exhibit, carefully created to reflect indigenous ways of thinking about the land and its uses. This book offers beautiful images of the museum's natural environment in every season as well as the uniquely designed building itself...