Smithsonians National Museum of the American Indian

Looking on left to right: Suzan Harjo, member of board of trustees, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, New York City; Roland Force, director MAI; Senator Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI), chief support of legislation to create NMAI within SI; Dick Baker, member Lakota Sioux Red Feather Society; Congressman Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D-CO), only American Indian member in Congress.

American Indian Museum Trustees, 1990

Members of the board of trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian, seated from left:: Barber B. Conable Jr., Julie Johnson Kidd, Curt Muser, Helen Sheirbeck, Jennie Joe; standing, from left:: Arturo Warman, Janine Pease-Windy Boy, Alvin Josephy, Jr., Waldemar Nielsen, Robert Buffalohead, Fred Hoxie, Rosita Worl, Ernest Boyer, David Hurst Thomas, Norbert Hill, and Smithsonian Secretary Robert McCormick Adams. They are in the Secretary's Parlor, Smithsonian Institution Building.

American Indian Museum Staff, 1990

National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) staff (and some colleagues from the Huntington Library) gathered in July for this group photo in New York City. NMAI, Heye Foundation, located at 155th Street and Broadway, became part of the Smithsonian Institution in the summer of 1990

Interior of Customs House with Staircase, 1991

Interior of the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York City prior to its renovation. This view show a hallway leading to a curved staircase.

Interior of Customs House with Fountain, 1991