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This lizard specimen became an important touchstone for Scotland’s involvement in the repatriation, or return, of museum objects back to their place of origin.
The renowned civil rights activist, “songtalker,” playwright, composer, and cultural historian began her work with the Smithsonian in 1969.
With a ready supply of bamboo across the island, these bands flourished in the late 1800s.
“Good Medicine” is a yearlong exhibition focused on renewing relationships with land, ancestors, and culture, and every moon cycle.
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