Spirit of a Native Place

by Spruce, Duane Blue

• ISBN13: 9780792282143
• ISBN10: 0792282140
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: National Geographic

Summary

With more than a hundred gorgeous photographs, National Geographic and Smithsonian combine their efforts to bring visitors a complete self-portrait of the new National Museum of the American Indian--documenting its history, vision, and architecture.

Author Biography

Duane Blue Spruce, (Laguna Pueblo) an architect and member of the American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers, served as primary liaison between the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and the design team that built the museum on the National Mall. Before joining the museum staff in 1993, Duane worked as an assistant project manager at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife, Ida Marx Blue Spruce, and their children, Miles and Milena.

Table of Contents

The way of the people	p. 30
As long as we keep dancing	p. 46
Carved by wind and water	p. 66
We want some of us in that building	p. 68
The land has a memory	p. 74
Making our world understandable	p. 80
George Gustav Heye	p. 86
A home for the collections	p. 116
New York City in Indian possession	p. 132
"A most beautiful sight presented itself to my view"	p. 150
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