Past Exhibits
- Beauty Surrounds Us September 23, 2006–March 31, 2011 The inaugural exhibit for Diker Pavilion.
- A Song for the Horse Nation November 14, 2009–July 7, 2011 Addressed the importance of the horse since its introduction to the Western Hemisphere in 1493.
- Hide: Skin as Material and Metaphor September 4, 2010–January 16, 2011 A multifaceted look at race and representation.
- Grab January 29, 2011–July 31, 2011 A photo exhibit celebrating the Grab Day tradition in Laguna Pueblo, NM.
- Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows March 19, 2011–September 5, 2011 Tlingit myths and legends represented in glass sculpture.
- Carl Beam October 29, 2011–April 15, 2012 Contemporary culture and colonialism juxtaposed in the work of an Ojibwe master artist. Featured The North American Iceberg, which the National Gallery of Canada acquired to begin their collection of contemporary Native art.
- Identity by Design September 26, 2008–February 7, 2010 Dresses and accessories which highlighted the traditions and identities of Native American women.
- Andrea Carlson June 13, 2009–January 10, 2010 Narrative story objects which reflected the cultural consumption that museum visitors engage in.
- Annie Pootoogook June 13, 2009–January 10, 2010 39 drawings from a 2006 Inuit Sobey Art Award winner depicting the Canadian North.
- Ramp it Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America December 11, 2009–June 27, 2010 Celebrated the culture of skateboarding, graphic design, film-making, music, and Native entepeneurship.
- Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian November 1, 2008–May 17, 2009 Paintings, drawings, and sculptures, focusing on the Luiseno artist's 1980s and 1990s work, when he pursued non-Indian subject matter; controversial pieces from his 1960s and 1970s work were exhibited in the Washington DC facility.
- Listening to Our Ancestors September 12, 2007–July 20, 2008 Over 400 objects representing Native life, and the relationship between tradition and change, on the North Pacific coast.
- Norval Morrisseau: Shaman Artisit October 20, 2007–January 20, 2008 Overlapping themes of Shamanism and Catholicism were expressed in the contemporary living art of this highly influential Anishnaabe artist.
- The museum created a virtual tour with the 4 Directions Project, engaging Native American youth with the exhibits Creation's Journey and All Roads Are Good, which is available online. Students selected items from the collection, created 3D panorama QuickTime objects, and wrote essays which were used as HTML tags. The Washington DC facility later emulated what was done in New York with students from Weedon Island, creating a virtual tour of objects relevant to their interests and cultural heritage.
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