Event
DC | Native American Heritage Day
Mark Native American Heritage Day with the museum with dance performances, a closer look at the installation Making a Statement, and hands-on activities.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Level 1, Potomac Atrium
11:30 AM, 1:30 PM, 3:30 PM | Jingle Dress Dancing with Denmi Whiteman
- Learn about the significance of the Jingle Dress and enjoy dance performances by Denmi Whiteman (Oglala Lakota and Southern Cheyenne), who hails from the Pine Ridge reservation located in South Dakota. Whiteman is a published model, content creator, artist, old-style Jingle Dress dancer, and Native American advocate. Whiteman brings her culture and community into every space she enters.
Level 3: Making a Statement Special Installation
1 PM | Closer Look: Making a Statement
- Curator Anya Montiel (Mestiza/Tohono O'odham descent) offers a closer look at the museum’s special installation Making a Statement, which demonstrates how Native women combine traditional design elements with modern military symbolism to demonstrate cultural pride and honor military service. The installation features a historical Lakota beaded dress decorated with elaborate patriotic American imagery and a jingle dress made by members of the Native American Women Warriors to show pride in their Indigenous heritage and to emphasize the role of Native women in the military. Get hands-on to learn more about beadwork, jingle cones, and other design elements related to Native dressmaking in the museum’s Teaching Collection.
*Additional activities to be announced.
Image: Photo courtesy of Denmi Whiteman
On View At
Sitting at the foot of the Wiechquaekeck Trail, an old Algonquin trade route (aka Broadway), the American Indian Museum’s New York location shares the Washington, D.C., location’s incredible collection.
New York, NY
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
What's on View
Making a Statement is a special installation of two gowns worn by Oscar-nominated actor Lily Gladstone (Siksikaitsitapi [Blackfeet]/Nimiipuu [Nez Perce]). Both gowns were a custom collaboration designed by Gucci and Indigenous artist Joe Big . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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