The National Museum of the American Indian is celebrating its founding in 1989 and its New York City location at the Customs House with a 20th Anniversary Gala and new exhibit.
The Gala event is a seated dinner with Native-inspired food along with the awarding of new NMAI awards. To participate or donate, go to this link: http://nmai.si.edu/anniversaries/gala-ny.html
The exhibit that will be opening is "Glittering World: Navajo Jewelry of the Yazzie Family". To learn more, go to http://nmai.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item/?id=890
The catalog for the exhibit was written by Lois Sherr Dubin. Entitled Glittering World, it is a review of Navajo jewelry over time through the focus of Yazzie family jewelry.