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Native American Public Programs photograph collection relating to Native American artists and art

Collector:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Native American Public Programs  Search this
Ringlero, Aleta Pima  Search this
Photographer:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Printing and Photographic Services  Search this
Clark, Chip, 1947-2010  Search this
Hansen, Carl C.  Search this
Hart, Alan  Search this
Long, Eric  Search this
Minor-Penland, Laurie  Search this
Penland, Dane  Search this
Strauss, Richard  Search this
Taccone, Christina  Search this
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Names:
Lewis, Lucy M.  Search this
Extent:
5,750 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (including contact prints))
12 Color transparencies
10 Color negatives
3,500 Color slides (circa)
67 Color prints
4 Negatives (photographic) (acetate)
Culture:
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Paiute  Search this
Jemez Pueblo  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Yurok  Search this
Cherokee  Search this
Tewa Pueblos  Search this
Tlingit  Search this
A:shiwi (Zuni)  Search this
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  Search this
Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  Search this
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Tohono O'odham (Papago)  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Akimel O'odham (Pima)  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Muskogee (Creek)  Search this
Kutzadika'a (Mono Paiute)  Search this
Pomo  Search this
Laguna Indians  Search this
Makah  Search this
White Mountain Apache  Search this
Seneca  Search this
Minneconjou Lakota (Minniconjou Sioux)  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this
Pueblo  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast of North America  Search this
Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Kiowa  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Cayuse  Search this
Acoma Pueblo  Search this
Payómkawichum (Luiseño)  Search this
Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  Search this
Mohawk  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Color transparencies
Color negatives
Color slides
Color prints
Negatives (photographic)
Date:
1989-1993
Scope and Contents note:
Photographs documenting Native American Public Programs events, including images of Native American artists and examples of their work during demonstrations and lectures at the National Museum of Natural History. Photographs were mostly made by Smithsonian photographers, including Carl C. Hansen, Richard Strauss, Chip Clark, Laurie Minor-Penland, Eric Long, Alan Hart, Rick Vargas, Dane Penland, and Christina Taccone. Included are a large number of photographs of Don Tenoso (Hunkpapa), an artist-in-residence at the National Museum of Natural History, and performances by James Luna (Luiseno/Digueno), Guillermo Gomez-Pena (Chicano), and Coco Fusco. Crafts and arts depicted include beadwork, basket weaving, dollmaking, peyote fanmaking, weaving, hand games, quilting, clothing making, leatherwork, woodcarving, saddlemaking, sculpture, painting, story-telling, and performance art. There are also images of Dolores Lewis Garcia and Emma Lewis Garcia (daughters of Acoma potter Lucy M. Lewis) and their pottery, Joallyn Archambault with artists, and the 1990 American Indian Theater Company reception.

Other depicted artists include Maynard White Owl Lavadour (Cayuse/Nez Perce), Evangeline Talshaftewa (Hopi), Lisa Fritzler (Crow), Marian Hanssen, Vanessa Morgan (Kiowa/Pima), Marty Good Bear (Mandan/Hidatsa), Katie Henio and Sarah Adeky (Navajo), Geneva Lofton and Lee Dixon (Luiseno), Chris Devers (Luiseno), Mary Good Bear (Mandan), Robert and Alice Little Man (Kiowa), Lisa Watt (Seneca), Jay McGirt (Creek), Bill Crouse (Seneca), Kevin Johnny-John (Onondaga), Rose Anderson (Pomo), Francys Sherman and Margaret Hill (Mono), Thelene Albert and Annie Bourke (White Mountain Apache), Bob Tenequer (Laguna), Jimmy Abeyeta (Navajo), Lou Ann Reed (Acoma), Melissa Peterson (Makah), Jennifer and Kallie Keams Musial (Navajo), Joyce Growing Thunder-Fogarty and Juanita Fogarty (Assiniboine/Sioux), David Neel (Kwakiutal), Mervin Ringlero (Pima), Jhon Goes-In-Center (Oglala), D. Montour (Delaware/Mohawk), Rikki Francisco (Pima), Annie Antone (Papago), Angie Reano-Owen (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Carol Vigil (Jemez), Gregg Baurland (Miniconjou), Greg Colfax (Makah), Lydia Whirlwind-Soldier (Sicangu Dakota), Martin Red Bear (Oglala), Michael Rogers (Paiute), Alta Rogers (Yurok/Paiute), Dorothy Stanley (Miwok), Lisa Little Chief (Dakota), Tom Haukaas (Sicangu Dakota), Nora Navanjo-Morsie (Santa Clara Tewa), Seneca Women's Singing Society, Molly Blankenship and Martha Ross (Eastern Cherokee), Julia Parker (Miwok/Pomo), Candy and Claudia Cellicion (Zuni), Sally and Lorraine Black (Navajo), Carmen Quinto-Plunkett (Tlingit), Ina McNeil (Hunkpapa), and Ellen and Faye Quandelancy (Zuni), and Rikki Francisco (Pima).
Biographical/Historical note:
Native American Public Programs was founded in 1989 as a part of the Department of Education in the National Museum of Natural History. Under the directorship of Aleta Ringlero, its main activity was the arranging of demonstrations by Native American artists and craftsmen in the exhibition areas of the museum.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 91-26
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Audio of James Luna's lecture for the Native American Public Programs office held in National Anthropological Archives in MS 7514.
Dolls made by Don Tenoso for the Native American Public Programs office held in Department of Anthropology collections in accession 390905.
Additional photographs of Tenoso held in the Smithsonian Institution Archives in SIA2009-2222 and 90-13726.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.

Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Topic:
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Art  Search this
Handicraft  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Citation:
Photo Lot 91-26, Native American Public Programs photograph collection relating to Native American artists and art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.PhotoLot.91-26
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw380668afd-9cb5-4658-9c1c-491584e12125
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-photolot-91-26

Ellen Glassman, Volunteer

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1988
Topic:
Glassman, Ellen  Search this
Volunteers  Search this
Museum docents  Search this
Education  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Standard number:
2004-10332
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10110

Learning about Plants with Ray Dudley

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Office of Horticulture  Search this
Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center (SEEC)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1989
Topic:
Horticultural Services Branch  Search this
Museum--employees  Search this
Children  Search this
Education, Preschool  Search this
Horticulture  Search this
Gardens  Search this
Standard number:
89-13777-28A-29
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10125

Larry O'Reilly, Asst. Dir. Office of Exhibits

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1989
Topic:
O'Reilly, Larry  Search this
Office of Exhibits (NMNH)  Search this
Museum--employees  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Models and modelmaking  Search this
Standard number:
89-21427-17
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10135

"Sunstone" Face Displayed at NMAH

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Ahlborn, Richard E  Search this
Smith, Joseph 1805-1844  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Object; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Object
Person, candid
Date:
1990
Topic:
Sunstone (Sculpture)  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Governor Wood Mansion (Quincy, Ill.)  Search this
Mormon Temple (Nauvoo, Ill.)  Search this
Celestial Designs  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Standard number:
90-4138-9
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10143

"Theseus Slaying the Centaur Bianor," HMSG

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1990
Topic:
Museum visitors  Search this
Ambulatories  Search this
Barye, Antoine-Louis  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Art objects  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Statues  Search this
Standard number:
90-8838-22
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10146

John White in the Gem Hall

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
White, John  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1991
Topic:
Museum curators  Search this
Gem and Mineral Collection  Search this
Gems  Search this
Hope diamond  Search this
Standard number:
91-1261-13
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10153

Magda Schremp, Docent Program Manager

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
National Collections  Search this
Western Civilization: Origins and Traditions (Exhibition)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1991
Topic:
Museum docents  Search this
Schremp, Magda  Search this
Volunteers  Search this
Women  Search this
Pottery  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Standard number:
91-15630-21
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10156

Shirley Cherkasky

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this
More Perfect Union: Japanese-Americans and the U.S. Constitution (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1991
Topic:
Cherkasky, Shirley  Search this
Department of Public Programs (NMAH)  Search this
Congresses and conventions  Search this
Museum--employees  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Standard number:
91-17383-19
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10157

Anacostia Museum Gets Shuttle

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Fern, Alan Maxwell 1930-  Search this
Newsome, Steven C. 1952-2012  Search this
Freudenheim, Tom L  Search this
Anacostia Community Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1992
Topic:
Transportation  Search this
Buses  Search this
Standard number:
92-5792-28
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10164

Caroline Newman

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian Institution Press  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1993
Topic:
Publications  Search this
Newman, Caroline  Search this
Books  Search this
Smithsonian Timelines of the Ancient World: A Visual Chronology from the Origins of Life to A.D. 1500 (Book)  Search this
Standard number:
93-13240-7A
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10178

Manjula Kumar

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
1993
Topic:
Kumar, Manjula  Search this
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Public Service  Search this
Museums--Employees  Search this
Museums--Educational aspects  Search this
Standard number:
93-13089-14A
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10179

Children at the Discovery Zone, MNH

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Discovery Room  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 6.5w x 4.5h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
May 1994
Topic:
Costumes  Search this
Children  Search this
Bears  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Education--Museums  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2009-2218
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12093

Laura Franklin

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Franklin, Laura  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 9.5w x 6 5/8h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Date:
January 1989
Topic:
Volunteer workers in museums  Search this
Voluntarism  Search this
Women  Search this
Children  Search this
Specimens  Search this
Education--Museums  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2009-2215 and 87-15527-5
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12097

National Museum of Natural History Docents

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Jaworski, Frank  Search this
Eggerton, Mina  Search this
Blalock, Pam  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 6 3/4w x 9.5h; Type of Image: Group; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group
Date:
January 1990
Topic:
Volunteers  Search this
Dinosaurs  Search this
Museum docents  Search this
Volunteer workers in museums  Search this
Voluntarism  Search this
Women  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2009-2220 and 89-1315
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12100

Henry Statue

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color ; Size: 122mm ; Type of Image: Photograph ; Medium: Negative
Type:
Negative
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1997
Topic:
Photography--Negatives  Search this
Secretaries  Search this
Bronze  Search this
Statues  Search this
Standard number:
97-4128-07
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13481

Las Casitas Exhibit

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
Experimental Gallery  Search this
Las Casitas: An Urban Cultural Alternative (Exhibition) (1991: Arts and Industries Building)  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 9w x 6h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photo negative
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Negative
Date:
1991
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Puerto Rico  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Standard number:
91-3653-27
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_13754

Docent at American Art Exhibit

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of American Art (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1988
Topic:
Museum docents  Search this
Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray (Exhibition)  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Volunteers  Search this
Art--Exhibitions  Search this
Standard number:
2004-10356
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_7020

S. Dillon Ripley Honored with Sculpture

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex  Search this
S. Dillon Ripley International Center  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 9.5w x 7.5h; Type of Image: Person, candid; Event; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Person, candid
Event
Date:
May 11, 1990
Topic:
Secretaries  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Walker Hancock (Sculpture)  Search this
Secretariats  Search this
Busts  Search this
Awards and Honors  Search this
Art works  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2010-0382 and 90-6871-23
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_7039

Installation of Dakota Tepee, Arts and Industries Building

Author:
Vargas, Rick  Search this
Subject:
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)  Search this
Stories of the People (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Office of Exhibits Central  Search this
Arts and Industries Building North Hall  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Group, candid
Date:
1996
Topic:
Dakota tepee  Search this
Smithsonian Institution--Employees  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Women  Search this
Children  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2011-2389
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_7165

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