Artifacts of Collaboration at the National Museum of the American Indian by Jennifer Shannon

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Native Empowerment, the New Museology, and the National Museum of the American Indian by Kristine Ronan

“…The National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC ― the first national museum devoted solely to the presentation and support of the indigenous cultures of the Americas ― opened its doors to the public on 21 September 2004. …”
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A New Kid on the Block. Le National Museum of the American Indian by Marie Mauzé, Joëlle Rostkowski

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George Gustav Heye and the National Museum of the American Indian - Collecting the Collector by Andrea Zittlau

“…On September 21, 2004 the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) opened its doors to the public. …”
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Multiplying sites of sovereignty through Community and Constituent Services at the National Museum of the American Indian? by Kylie Message

“…The first introduces the National Museum of the American Indian and outlines its aspiration to become an ‘intermediary institution’. …”
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Identifying VOCs in exhibition cases and efflorescence on museum objects exhibited at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian-New York by Alba Alvarez-Martin, John George, Emily Kaplan, Lauren Osmond, Leah Bright, G. Asher Newsome, Rebecca Kaczkowski, Frederik Vanmeert, Gwénaëlle Kavich, Susan Heald

“…Abstract Two mass spectrometry (MS) methods, solid-phase microextraction gas chromatography (SPME–GC–MS) and direct analysis in real time (DART-MS), have been explored to investigate widespread efflorescence observed on exhibited objects at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York (NMAI-NY). Both methods show great potential, in terms of speed of analysis and level of information, for identifying the organic component of the efflorescence as 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinol (TMP-ol) emitted by the structural adhesive (Terostat MS 937) used for exhibit case construction. …”
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A Pathway Home: Connecting Museum Collections with Native Communities by Cynthia Chavez Lamar

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Isotopic composition of lead white pigments on qeros: implications for the chronology and production of Andean ritual drinking vessels during the colonial era by Allison N. Curley, Alyson M. Thibodeau, Emily Kaplan, Ellen Howe, Ellen Pearlstein, Judith Levinson

“…Here, we present lead (Pb) isotope measurements of lead white pigments from 20 colonial qeros from the collections of the National Museum of the American Indian, the American Museum of Natural History, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in a private collection. …”
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Officially Indian: Symbols That Define the United States by Kristine K. Ronan

“…Ganteaume Washington, DC: National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 2017; 192 pp.; 50 color illus.; ISBN: 978-1-5179-0330-5; Hardcover: $28.00 Reviewed by: Kristine K. …”
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Are Indians in America's DNA? by Marina Tyquiengco, Monika Siebert

“…Monika Siebert and Marina Tyquiengco on:   Americans National Museum of the American Indian January 18, 2018–2022 Washington, D.C.   …”
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Craniofacial morphology does not support a pre-contact Carib “invasion” of the northern Caribbean by Christina M. Giovas, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Thomas P. Leppard, Mark Hubbe, William J. Pestle, Peter E. Siegel, L. Antonio Curet, José R. Oliver, Arie Boomert, Richard T. Callaghan

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Technical analysis of four archaeological andean painted textiles by Rebecca Summerour, Jennifer Giaccai, Keats Webb, Chika Mori, Nicole Little

“…This project investigates the materials and manufacturing techniques used to create four archaeological Andean painted textiles in the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. The textiles are attributed to Peru but have minimal provenience. …”
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The Story of <i>Elaeagia</i> Resin (<i>Mopa-Mopa</i>), So Far by Richard Newman, Emily Kaplan, Maria Cecilia Álvarez-White

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Sequential villages and settling down on the southeast U.S. coast by Rachel Cajigas, Matthew C. Sanger, Anna M. Semon, Victor D. Thompson, Carey J. Garland, Elliot H. Blair, David Hurst Thomas

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Rapatrier les moyens de transmettre sa culture : l’engagement des jeunes de Mashteuiatsh et de Kitigan Zibi dans les processus de rapatriement by Carole Delamour, Gabrielle Paul, Julian Whittam

“…Il se concentre sur des projets menés entre les institutions des communautés ilnu de Mashteuiatsh et anishinabe de Kitigan Zibi, le projet de recherche Nika-Nishk sur le rapatriement des patrimoines autochtones et le National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) de Washington. Les auteures et auteur présentent d’abord les communautés et la manière dont celles-ci contribuent à rapatrier les moyens et le contenu de leur transmission culturelle, pour revenir ensuite plus spécifiquement sur l’engagement des jeunes au sein du projet de recherche Nika-Nishk ainsi que sur le potentiel de ces activités tant pour les jeunes concernés et pour les cochercheurs que pour les musées. …”
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The occurrence of a titanium dioxide/silica white pigment on wooden Andean qeros: a cultural and chronological marker by Ellen Howe, Emily Kaplan, Richard Newman, James H. Frantz, Ellen Pearlstein, Judith Levinson, Odile Madden

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