Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this Karen Kramer of Peabody Essex Museum gives some closing remarks. Karen Kramer, curator of Native American and Oceanic Art and Culture at the...
The symposium Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and Ronald Milon, chief diversity officer of the...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the third panelist to speak on the topic Problematics of Cultural Appropriation in Contemporary Fashion, writer, editor,...
The symposium Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, Kevin Gover, director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and Ronald Milon, chief diversity officer of the...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, speakers from the third panel, Creative Collaborations, return to the stage to take questions from the audience. The panel is...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, speakers from the second panel, Problematics of Cultural Appropriation in Contemporary Fashion, return to the stage to take questions...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, Kathleen Ash-Milby of the National Museum of the American Indian gives a short introduction to the second panel of the day,...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, Eileen Karp of the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, gives a short introduction to the third panel of...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the second panelist to speak on the topic Creative Collaborations, artist and designer Douglas Miles. Douglas Miles (San...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, speakers from the first panel, Mobility and Cultural Identity Through Fashion, return to the stage to take questions from the...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the third panelist to speak on the topic Mobility and Cultural Identity Through Fashion, Sherry Farrell Racette of...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the first panelist to speak on the topic Mobility and Cultural Identity Through Fashion, Anna Blume of the Fashion...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the first panelist to speak on the topic Problematics of Cultural Appropriation in Contemporary Fashion, Adrienne Keene...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the first panelist to speak on the topic Creative Collaborations, the founder and owner of Beyond Buckskin, Jessica...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the fourth panelist to speak on the topic Mobility and Cultural Identity Through Fashion, Daniel James Cole of the...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the second panelist to speak on the topic Problematics of Cultural Appropriation in Contemporary Fashion, Joe Horse...
Native/American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity explores fashion as a creative endeavor and an expression of cultural identity, the history of Native fashion, issues of problematic cultural appropriation in the field, and examples of creative collaborations and best practices between Native designers and fashion brands. In this segment, we hear from the second panelist to speak on the topic Mobility and Cultural Identity Through Fashion, Timothy Shannon of Gettysburg...
Performing in the Living Earth Festival Indian Summer Showcase, pop artist She King from Six Nations Reserve captivates listeners with her power, passion, and seductive vocals. This performance was webcast from the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC on July 20, 2013.
Halau Ho'omau I Ka Wai Ola O Hawai'i is a halau, or Native Hawaiian cultural school, serving the Washington, DC area. The halau treats Living Earth Festival goers to a performance of Hawaiian music and dance. This performance was webcast from the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC on July 20, 2013.
Headlining the Living Earth Festival's Indian Summer Showcase concert, Ozomatli, the celebrated band from Los Angeles, is a two-time Grammy award-winning group. Their music is an urban-Latin-and-beyond collision of hip-hop and salsa, dancehall and cumbia, samba and funk, merengue and comparsa, and then some. This concert was webcast from the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC on July 20, 2013. Due to technical problems with the recorded video, only...
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Drum and Dance Troupe come to us from Dowagiac, MI. Enjoy this group as they demonstrate traditional and contemporary dancing offered at many powwows throughout the United States. Pokagon youth perform traditional drumming and singing to accompany the dances and the public is welcomed to join in on a couple of them. This performance was webcast from the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC on July 20, 2013.
Violin virtuoso and vocalist Quetzal Guerrero masterfully mixes up a hip hop and Latin jazz concoction. Guerrero's music, much like his American/Mexican/Brazilian heritage, bridges many Latin and American cultures and styles. This performance was webcast from the Potomac Atrium of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC on July 20, 2013.
Native Americans have served in the U.S. military since the American Revolution, and by percentage serve more than any other ethnic group in the armed forces. Join us to learn about their heroic and unforgettable stories during a special program hosted by noted historian Herman J. Viola, curator emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution. The program features a panel of American Indians who have served our country in the armed forces, including Debra Kay Mooney (Choctaw), an Iraq War veteran who...
Since the first court decision to articulate Native American law back in 1823, our nation’s courts have repeatedly invoked historical "facts" as a basis for fashioning judicial doctrines that have been prejudicial and harmful to Native Americans. This important symposium reveals that many of our modern Native law doctrines are based in fiction, not fact. Join us as we explore the historical foundations of key court decisions impacting Native Americans. Speakers include Stuart...
Since the first court decision to articulate Native American law back in 1823, our nation’s courts have repeatedly invoked historical "facts" as a basis for fashioning judicial doctrines that have been prejudicial and harmful to Native Americans. This important symposium reveals that many of our modern Native law doctrines are based in fiction, not fact. Join us as we explore the historical foundations of key court decisions impacting Native Americans. Speakers include Stuart...
Unlike other ethnic minorities in the United States, American Indians are defined not solely by self-designation but by federal, state, and tribal laws. Blood quantum—originating from archaic notions of biological race and still codified in contemporary policy—remains one of the most important factors in determining tribal citizenship, access to services, and community recognition. This concept, however, is not without debate and contestation. This symposium features Native scholars who...
Unlike other ethnic minorities in the United States, American Indians are defined not solely by self-designation but by federal, state, and tribal laws. Blood quantum—originating from archaic notions of biological race and still codified in contemporary policy—remains one of the most important factors in determining tribal citizenship, access to services, and community recognition. This concept, however, is not without debate and contestation. This symposium features Native scholars who...
Held on the occasion of the groundbreaking exhibition IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas, this symposium aimed to bring visibility to African-Native American lives and initiate a healing dialogue on African-Native American experiences for people of all backgrounds. The program took place before a lively, standing-room-only audience on November 13, 2009, in the National Museum of the American Indian’s Rasmuson Theater in Washington, D.C. The scholarly forum expanded and...
Energizing performances of early and modern Blues performed or influenced by Native Americans featuring The Carolina Chocolate Drops, at 4:00; and The Rez Bluez All-Starz, at 58:00. These performances were capture during the Native Blues Indian Summer Showcase at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian on Aug. 22, 2009.
Energizing performances of early and modern Blues performed or influenced by Native Americans featuring Corey Harris, at 0:00; The NMAI All Stars, at 43:40; and The George Leach Band, at 1:20:05. These performances were capture during the Native Blues Indian Summer Showcase at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian on Aug. 22, 2009.
This special presentation, given in conjunction with the museum's The Power of Chocolate Festival, begins with a look at the mythology of chocolate, describing the unique relationship that people have had with this tropical treasure and the remarkable role it has played in human culture through time. Dr. Shapiro, Global Staff Officer for Plant Science and External Research at Mars, Incorporated, and Adjunct Professor, University of California-Davis, then discusses this amazing plant in the...
