Discover America with the First Americans

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Date created: 1969

Culture/People: Diné (Navajo)
Artist/Maker: Benjamin Martinez, Diné (Navajo), b. 1946
Previous owner: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-
IACB source: DOI Indian Craft Shop (Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop)
Commissioner: Bureau of Indian Affairs (Indian Bureau/BIA), 1947-; ARROW, INC. (Americans for Restitution and Righting of Old Wrongs), 1949-2000

Collection History: Winner of a 1969 poster design competition sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs and ARROW, Inc. (Americans for Restitution and Righting of Old Wrongs) to encourage the public to visit American Indian reservations during vacation travel; this poster purchased by Indian Arts and Crafts Board representatives from the Department of the Interior Indian Craft Shop (Washington, DC) in 1969; part of the IACB Headquarters collection (Department of the Interior, Washington, DC) until 2000 when it was transferred to NMAI.
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Place: Santa Fe; Santa Fe County; New Mexico; USA (inferred)

See related items: Diné (Navajo); Painting/Drawing/Print

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/9419
Barcode: 259419.000

Object Type: Painting/Drawing/Print

Title: Discover America with the First Americans
Object Name: Poster
Media/Materials: Paper, ink
Techniques: Offset-printed
Dimensions: 35.7 x 56 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c3710691-e586-4ebe-9906-33f537bb2315

Record ID: NMAI_275469