VIEW THIS EMAIL IN YOUR BROWSER > Master Carver Douglas Chilton and the Raven Spirit Canoe. Photograph, Smithsonian Institution. In the Museum On the Web The Raven Spirit Canoe in the Sant Ocean Hall Suspended from the ceiling of the Sant Ocean Hall, the Raven Spirit is a reminder of how native peoples of the North Pacific honored and depended on the bounty of the sea. Over the course of a year, master carver Douglas Chilton of the Tlingit Nation transformed a cedar log into the canoe that has become a symbol of the ocean and of Alaska's Native peoples at the Museum. Read More > Online Anthropological Archives Exhibits The National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives collect and preserve historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of anthropology. The collections include the Smithsonian's earliest attempts to document North American Indian cultures as well as acquisitions of contemporary cultural materials. View Online Galleries > MORE EXHIBITS > Photograph by Edward Curtis, 1905. National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Edward Curtis Photographs of North American Indians Language Revitalization Program for Native Americans Jim Graybill, grandson of iconic photographer Edward Curtis, donated his collection of over 700 Curtis glass negatives and positives, which includes over 500 original negatives, 432 of which have not been published. View Video > Read more > Native Americans representing 21 languages explored linguistic and cultural resources at the Museum's National Anhropological Archives and the Library of Congress as participants in the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages. Download PDF >  55 Years of Research in Brazil Accessing Anthropology Smithsonian anthropologist William Crocker documented his fieldwork with the Native American Canela people of central Brazil over the course of 55 years, from 1957 through 2012. View Website > Learn how to access, use, and understand the Department of Anthropology's online collection databases for artifacts, manuscripts, photographs, sound and film. Read More > MORE RESEARCH > Yellow Goby. Photograph by Brian Skerry. Meet the photographer at "Mingle at the Museum" on November 20. Public Programs This Weekend Smithsonian Associates Programs Dance Performance by Native American dance group, the Dakhká Khwáan Dancers Saturday, November 9 - 10:15am to 11:00am Learn More > Book Signing with Smithsonian Under Secretary Richard Kurin: The Smithsonian's History of America in 101 Objects Sunday, November 10 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm  Learn More > Purchase a Signed Edition > Mingle at the Museum: Underwater Adventures - Featuring Photographer Brian Skerry Wednesday, November 20 - 6:45pm to 9:30pm Tickets > Evening Discussion: Real Life Genome Stories with Bioethicist & Professor Doris Zallen Thursday, November 21 - 6:45pm to 8:45pm Tickets > Live Butterfly Pavilion NOW @ IMAX Take a stroll among hundreds of live butterflies and exotic plants in the Butterfly Pavilion. Learn More > View complete show times for the Johnson IMAX Theater > MORE EVENTS > Educators: Register Your Class for New School Programs Free school programs are offered on weekday mornings in Q?rius (grades 6–12) and Q?rius jr (grades K-7), beginning December 9. Programs are filling up quickly. To learn more about Q?rius and register your class, visit qrius.si.edu. Volunteer Opportunities Support the Museum Are you a life-long learner? Interested in nature? Curious? Join our inaugural corps of volunteers in Q?rius (pronounced 'curious'), the Smithsonian’s new interactive, experimental learning environment. Sign up for training now -- Q?rius opens to the public on December 12! More > Your gift will help support cutting edge scientific research and impressive collections, launch groundbreaking exhibitions, and provide millions with engaging educational programs.  More > MORE WAYS TO GET INVOLVED > BANNER IMAGE: Photograph by Allan Ogilvie. The Dakhká Khwáan Dancers are an Inland Tlingit dance troupe based in Yukon, Canada. The group is comprised of members from six clans, all of whom share a common Inland Tlingit ancestry that inspired their name, which means "Inland People/Nation." Their performances at the Smithsonian are in honor of American Indian Heritage Month and the impending opening of Q?rius, the Natural History Museum's innovative new learning environment in which a Tlingit Killer Whale clan crest hat will be exhibited. View a video of the dancers > Learn more about the Tlingit > FORWARD TO A FRIEND > VIEW OUR FULL CALENDAR > TELL US WHAT YOU THINK > PLAN YOUR VISIT TO NMNH > © 2013 Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History 10th St. and Constitution Ave., NW | Washington, DC 20013  CHANGE EMAIL PREFERENCES >

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