Smithsonian's Indian Museum Seeks Balance
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The newest Smithsonian museum is gathering ancient ceramics, intricate beadwork and modern art to illustrate the past and present of native peoples spread across the Western Hemisphere for some 20,000 years.
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Thousands of native Americans --  some in buckskin and feathers, others in T-shirts and jeans --  joined a ceremonial procession on Tuesday to celebrate the  opening of the Museum of the American Indian.
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LUCKNOW, India  - Indian archaeologists have started giving a face-lift to the centuries-old Taj Mahal by applying a mud pack to the marble exteriors of the country's most famous monument.
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The new attraction in Washington, DC, can help bring part of the Smithsonian to Kansas, director of Wichita museum says. BY ALAN BJERGA.
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American museums are returning some of the world's great antiquities to their original homes. Should they? A new debate over who owns the past is underway.
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The founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian spent more than $250,000 in institution funds over the past four years on first-class transportation and plush lodging in hotels around the world, including more than a dozen trips to Paris.
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Ever since Rep. Bobby Jindal was elected governor of Louisiana Oct. 20, Indian Americans across the country have been debating whether to celebrate or turn up their noses.
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The Guggenheim Museumâs spirited if sometimes disjointed display of works from its collection offers a good argument for expansion of its New York branch.
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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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The Smithsonian Board of Regents yesterday took steps to overhaul the way the museum system is managed and accepted the resignation of its second-ranking executive as it offered stern self-criticism of how the institution has been run in the past decade.
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At the National Museum of the American Indian, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, right, a Northern Cheyenne and Republican from Colorado, applauds Richard West jnr, a Southern Cheyenne who is the museum&#39;s director.
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The Metropolitan Museumâs show, a selection of Tibetan armor from its permanent collection, focuses on defense rather than offense.
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The opening of the National Museum of the American Indian yesterday was both a celebration and a reminder of past and continuing injustices against Native American people.
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Thousands of native Americans -- some in buckskin and feathers, others in T-shirts and jeans -- joined a ceremonial procession on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the Museum of the American Indian.
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The Smithsonian Institution has become more dependent on taxpayer funds over the past seven years because of a "governance crisis" and the "imperialistic and insular culture" created by its former leader, an independent review committee reported Wednesday.
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Mayme Agnew Claytonâs collection of artifacts devoted to the history of African-Americans is close to finding a home.
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The remarkable show at the American Museum of Natural History allows us to glean something about how humanity struggles to make sense of the natural world.