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CreditsSarah Winnemucca photographed by Norval H. Busey. 1883. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
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CreditsIndigenous Peoples Day’s poster by Paige Pettibon highlighting Black and Indigenous activism and solidarity, a commission from the CANOES Affinity Group in Seattle, Washington.
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CreditsPortrait of Mary Mills by Betsy Graves Reyneau. 1952, oil on canvas. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Harmon Foundation © Peter Edward Fayard.
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CreditsGreen wrap hat made by Vanilla Beane. Collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, gift of Vanilla Beane.
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CreditsAnya Montiel, curator of American and Native American women’s art and craft at Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian. Photo by Jim Fidelibus.
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CreditsSmithsonian American Art Museum Director, Stephanie Stebich, in front of Louise Nevelson's "Sky Cathedral." Photo taken in 2019 by Libby Weiler.
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Credits"Martha Washington" by unidentified artist. Copy after Gilbert Stuart. Oil on canvas, early-mid 19th Century. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
