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Museum welcomes generous gift for "TREATIES" exhibition

The Shakopee Mdewakanton hope their $500,000 will help NMAI "tell the true history of relations with Indian nations," the tribal chairman says.

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From among the 800,000-item collection at the National Museum of the American Indian, staff members are working to select artifacts that could be used in the 2011 exhibition "TREATIES: Great Nations in Their Own Words." These include an Iroquois wampum belt, Chief Wacamote's Lincoln peace medal (1962) and pouch, and a Creek bandolier bag.

Chiefe Wacamote's Lincoln peace medal and pouch

Bandolier bag

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Bolivian president meets Native American leaders

The night sky will be illuminated from the museum rotunda, signaling the “Harvest of Hope” and the power of progress toward national healing

Bolivian President Evo Morales, with NMAI Museum specialist Ramiro Matos views a Puma Incensario (AD 750-1250) of the Tiwanaka culture from Bolivia in the museum's "Window on Collections" exhibition.
Photo by Katherine Fogden

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