Education
Week long festival planned for NMAI opening in Sept.


The new National Museum of the American Indian will open September 21 in Washington, D.C.

NMAI is planning a week of events to mark the occasion. The First Americans Festival will include a tribal procession and an honoring ceremony for Lori Piestewa, the Hopi woman killed in action in Iraq.

Get the Story:
Opening Set For Indian Museum (The Washington Post 1/16)
First servicewoman killed in Iraq to be honored at new Indian museum (AP 1/16)

Relevant Links:
National Museum of the American Indian - http://www.nmai.si.edu