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Pendleton weaves a Fritz Scholder landscape for museum show

The Native artist's post-modern vision is translated into a commemorative blanket to accompany the new exhibit at NMAI

Courtesy of Pendelton Woolen Mills.
A loom at Pendleton Woolen Mills produces fabric for the museum’s blanket.

"New Mexico No. 1" - 1964 Oil on canvas 60 x 60 inches Collection of the Estate of Fritz Scholder Photo by Hugh Talman, National Museum of American History.

Courtesy of Pendleton Woolen MIlls
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce, with a Pendleton Blanket

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The making of a Pendleton blanket

Dyeing the wool. Photo courtesy of Pendelton Woolen Mills.

Spinning the yarn. Photo courtesy of Pendelton Woolen Mills.

Checking the fabric. Photo courtesy of Pendelton Woolen Mills.

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Museum official travels far to bring NMAI closer to Indian Country

Carolyn McClellan uses her lessons from ‘the school of hard knocks' as well as the university in outreach role

Carolyn McClellan, National Museum of the American Indian Associate Director for Community and Constituent Services

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Historic photos offer opportunities to research, connect

The museum's vast archive of images of Native life, dating to the 1800s, is available to the public, including by email

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Using art to prevent childhood diabetes

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