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Museum's new director reveals his vision

Gover combines low-key style with high ambitions for NMAI

Director Kevin Gover,National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Arizona State University.
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Contemporary artists transcend definitions of Native identity

A new exhibit yields an array of fresh answers to the question of what it means to be American Indian

Steven Yazzie
Artist Steven Yazzie provided this photo of himself arranging sawed off hub caps for an exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
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Dustinn Craig
Artist Dustinn Craig provided this photo of himself on the White Mountain Apache Reservation.
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Nadia Myre
Artist Nadia Myre provided this photo of herself hewing wood in her Quebec studio.
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Kent Monkman
Artist Kent Monkman photographed with his cat in his Toronto studio. He provided the photo.
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The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian

The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian at dawn. Photo © Judy Davis/Hoachlander Davis Photography.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie

(Washington D.C. ) Buffy Sainte-Marie is musician and songwriter. She spoke and performed in the Rasmuson Theater at NMAI in March, 2008. Please credit photographer Katherine Fogden of the NMAI E-Newservice
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