Edward S. Curtis spent 30 years documenting over 80 Native American tribes in the early 1900s. He published his photos in a 20-volume collection, "The North American Indian.The images have been ...

In November, celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Smithsonian events, resources, exhibitions, and podcast episodes. Explore the online companion to the bold exhibition revealing the ways ...

Brad Hawley, from Billings, prepares to dance in a grand entry of the 47th annual American Indian Council Powwow in the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on Friday, March 31, 2023.

American Indian: Two labels we didn’t choose. We might have been called something else. Columbus wrote on October 11, 1492, of encountering handsome people who “are of the color of the ...

I suddenly felt less isolated in my experience as an Indian American and as a third-culture woman. Enlarge this image Kayla Patil, 7, watches her 3-year-old brother Eshaan's haircutting ceremony ...

Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. ... On the 50th Anniversary of the Wounded Knee occupation (February 27-May 8, 1973), many of the famous American Indian Movement (AIM) ...

Maya Braun, 7, looks at an exhibit on display at the American Indian Cultures Hall at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver on June 13, 2023. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post) ...

Photo Essays “The Genízaro ... Developing Stories: Native Photographers in the Field is on view at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York through March 12, 2023.