Spirit of a Native place : building the National Museum of the American Indian

Blue Spruce, Duane. (Added Author). National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 0792282140
ISBN: 9780792282143
Physical Description: print
191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, in association with National Geographic, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191).

Formatted Contents Note:

The way of the people / George Horse Capture -- As long as we keep dancing / W. Richard West, Jr. -- Carved by wind and water / Duane Blue Spruce : We want some of us in that building / Johnpaul Jones ; The land has a memory / Donna House ; Making our world understandable / Ramona Sakiestewa -- George Gustav Heye / Mary Jane Lenz -- A home for the collections / Liz Hill -- New York City in Indian possession / John Haworth -- "A most beautiful sight presented itself to my view" / Douglas E. Evelyn.