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:
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Photo Lot 91-26, Native American Public Programs photograph collection relating to Native American artists and art, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3492]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3493]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3494]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3495]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3496]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3497]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3498]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3499]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3500]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3501]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3502]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3503]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3504]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3505]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3506]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
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Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3507]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3508]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3509]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Search this
Physical description:
Color slides; 35mm;
Type:
Color transparencies
Place:
Panama
Date:
1990
July 1990
Local number:
SIA Acc. 11-009 [92-3510]
Restrictions & Rights:
No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
