Last month, The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian became a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s push to scrutinize how America tells its story. With more than a billion dollars in federal funding flowing to the Smithsonian each year, the administration has called for a review of exhibits across the institution. This has raised alarms among Native leaders, educators, and visitors who see the museum as one of the few national spaces where Indigenous history is told on Indige

Celebrate Native American Heritage Day at one of our Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian locations! While they may share many similarities, such as entry rotundas and amazing exhibits, they are also very different. Our New York location opened in 1994 and is based in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, built in the early 1900s. Our D.C. location opened on the National Mall 10 years later. Fun fact: it has almost no sharp corners. Video Description: Opening text "Did you kn

103K views · 1.2K reactions | This weekend, go behind the scenes of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show with a look at archival photos from Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Watch more this Sunday at 6 & 10pm on C-SPAN 3, part of our America Artifacts series. https://www.c-span.org/video/?475155-1/national-museum-american-indian-photo-collections | American History TV | Facebook