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The politics of naming  The intersection of Native science with Western science has taken an unexpected turn into a discussion of American Indian identity. Seems that our work examining science discourse in mass media has revealed deeply held values about … Continue reading →

Who decides identity?   One of the most moving messages at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) comes from the exhibit that focuses on identity. Curators assembled a series of large black and white images of contemporary Indians, each … Continue reading →

Visiting the archives  When you visit the Smithsonian museums (and there are a lot) you see only a fraction of the objects from the huge collection. The remaining artifacts are placed in storage, and in the case of the National … Continue reading →

I’ve been asking the question, “What is Native science?” since landing in Washington DC for my summer fellowship at the National Museum of the American Indian. The Yup’ik have no word for science, according to a traveling exhibit now at … Continue reading →