Spirit Of A Native Place: Building The National Museum Of The American Indian

Duane Blue Spruce

ISBN 10: 0792282140 / ISBN 13: 9780792282143

Published by Natl Geographic Society, 2005

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192 pages. 9.50x8.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spirit Of A Native Place: Building The National Museum Of The American Indian
• Publisher: Natl Geographic Society
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792282140
• ISBN 13: 9780792282143
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.56 kilograms

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Synopsis

"Is there better proof of America's outrageous ability to change (and not change) than this new palace carved from indian rock and dedicated to the preposterous, wonderful, and breathtakingly ambitious task of telling the stories of native peoples?" -- Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche)

About the Author

Duane Blue Spruce, (Laguna Pueblo) an architect and member of the American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers, served as primary liaison between the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and the design team that built the museum on the National Mall. Before joining the museum staff in 1993, Duane worked as an assistant project manager at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He lives near Washington, D.C., with his wife, Ida Marx Blue Spruce, and their children, Miles and Milena.