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  • People/Culture
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • A:shiwi (Zuni)  178
    • Abenaki [Odanak/St Francis]  4
    • Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  190
    • Apache  101
    • Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  213
    • Assiniboine (Stoney)  31
    • Campo Band of Kumeyaay  4
    • Cayuga  10
    • Chamula Maya  11
    • Chilkat Tlingit  7
    • Chiricahua Apache  34
    • Copper Inuit (Copper Eskimo) [Ahagmiut/Coronation Gulf]  4
    • Degexit'an (Ingalik) [Anvik]  5
    • Diné (Navajo)  126
    • Guaymi  105
    • Guna (Kuna)  83
    • Guna [Guna Yala]  51
    • Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  110
    • Hopi Pueblo  408
    • Hopi-Tewa  5
    • Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)  25
    • Hupa  97
    • Innu [Lac Saint Jean (Lake Saint John)]  10
    • Innu [Michikamau]  4
    • Inunaina (Arapaho)  93
    • Ipai  26
    • Iroquoian  107
    • Iroquois  106
    • Jemez Pueblo  23
    • Karuk (Karok)  248
    • Keresan Pueblos  90
    • Kewa (Santo Domingo Pueblo)  27
    • Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)  136
    • Lacandon Maya  32
    • Lake Superior Chippewa [Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin]  5
    • Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  118
    • Menominee (Menomini)  91
    • Mesa Grande Diegueño  26
    • Minnesota Chippewa [Leech Lake, Minnesota]  5
    • Minnesota Chippewa [Pillager Band, Minnesota]  4
    • Mushuaunnuat (Barren Ground Naskapi)  5
    • Nahua [Acatlan]  10
    • Nahua [San Agustín Oapan]  5
    • Ngäbe (Guaymi)  104
    • Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  122
    • Nisga'a (Niska)  41
    • Northern Inunaina (Arapaho)  44
    • Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  65
    • Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)  28
    • Ohkay Owingeh (San Juan Pueblo)  47
    • Oklahoma Delaware  35
    • Oklahoma Shawnee  35
    • Onondaga  4
    • Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  77
    • Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  64
    • Potawatomi  79
    • Potawatomi [Prairie Band, Kansas]  39
    • Quechua  78
    • San Blas Kuna  51
    • San Carlos Apache  32
    • Saulteaux  64
    • Saulteaux [Berens River, Manitoba]  64
    • Seneca  65
    • Sioux  109
    • Tewa Pueblos  76
    • Tlingit  76
    • Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  106
    • Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)  28
    • Western Apache  53
    • White Mountain Apache  16
    • Winnebago [Nebraska]  77
    • Wixarika (Huichol)  203
    • Yoeme (Yaqui)  48
    • Yoeme (Yaqui) [Pascua Yaqui]  32
    • Yucatec (Yacatec) Maya  35
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  • Name
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Cadzow, Donald A.  210
    • Chandler, Milford G.  88
    • Cordry, Donald B.  207
    • Covert, Frank M.  79
    • Davis, Edward H.  209
    • Emmons, George Thornton  154
    • Fred Harvey Company  200
    • Hallowell, A. Irving  68
    • Harrington, Mark Raymond  529
    • Hendricks, Harmon W.  371
    • Hendricks-Hodge Hawikku Expedition (1917-1923)  70
    • Heye, George Gustav  139
    • Heye, Thea  126
    • Hodge, Frederick Webb  70
    • Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc.  91
    • Nelson, John Louw  72
    • Nicholson, Grace  258
    • Skinner, Alanson B.  89
    • Skye, Chief William M.  172
    • Speck, Dr. Frank G.  96
    • Vernon, David T.  91
    • Verrill, A. Hyatt  231
    • Voth, Henry R.  125
    • Walker, Leo  69
    • Wildschut, William  173
  • Place
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Alaska  186
    • Arizona  587
    • Bolivia  112
    • British Columbia  373
    • California  501
    • Canada  813
    • Manitoba  127
    • McKinley County  148
    • Mexico  474
    • Montana  319
    • Navajo County  317
    • Nayarit State  196
    • Nebraska  114
    • New Mexico  489
    • North Dakota or South Dakota  144
    • Northern California  366
    • Oklahoma  591
    • Orayvi (Oraibi), Third Mesa, Hopi Reservation  124
    • Panama  224
    • Peru  129
    • USA  3862
    • USA, Canada  110
    • Vancouver Island Group  131
    • Wisconsin  157
    • Zuni Pueblo, Zuni Reservation  143
  • object type
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Arrows  61
    • Bandolier/Shoulder sash  53
    • Baskets (containers)  90
    • Bowls (vessels)  137
    • Ceremonial objects  6184
    • Coca bag  50
    • Dance accessory  105
    • Dance wand/baton  207
    • Figures (representations)  214
    • Hair ornaments  108
    • Headbands (headgear)  83
    • Headdresses  195
    • Incense burner/Incensario  88
    • Man's dance kilt/apron  134
    • Masks (costume)  328
    • Medicine bag  266
    • Medicine bag and contents  112
    • Necklaces  145
    • Prayer stick/Prayer wand  251
    • Rattles  295
    • Ritual offering  114
    • Sash/Belt  62
    • Umbilical amulet  92
    • Wand/baton  57
    • Whistles  171
  • Culture Area
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Amazonia  187
    • Andes  187
    • Arctic  98
    • California  498
    • Circum-Caribbean  307
    • East Brazil  56
    • Gran Chaco  75
    • Great Basin  41
    • Mesoamerica  443
    • New Zealand  1
    • Northwest Coast  520
    • Plains  1662
    • Plateau  55
    • Southeast  86
    • Southern South America  11
    • Southwest  1108
    • Subarctic  130
    • Woodlands  611
  • Continent
      Frequency Alphabetical
    • Central America  570
    • North America  4809
    • Oceania  1
    • South America  696

  • Media Usage
    • CC0  45
    • Usage conditions apply  6080
  • Exhibition Location
    • NMAI DC  59
    • NMAI NY  38

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