The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) expresses gratitude to the people of Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina, whose historical and cultural connections to the Inka Empire are represented on these pages.
The museum wants to thank the following staff and other contributors for their work in the creation of these lessons:
Museum Director: Kevin Gover (Pawnee)
Associate Director for Museum Learning and Programs: Maria Marable-Bunch
Developer and Writer: Isabel Hawkins, Ph.D., Consultant
Project Manager: Vilma Ortiz-Sanchez
Reviewers:
Daniel Fischer, NMAI
Stacey Mann
Michelle Nelin-Maruani, NMAI Teacher-In-Residence, South Dakota
Vilma Ortiz-Sanchez, NMAI
Christopher Robinson, NMAI Teacher-In-Residence, Kentucky
Edwin Schupman, NMAI
Colleen Smith, NMAI
Community Interviews
Felipe Romelio Ascoe Gibaja, Ollantaytambo, Cusco, Peru
Vicente Cusihuaman Valer, Cusco, Peru
Alan Alberto Loayza Carrién, Cusco, Peru
Jorge Flores Ochoa, Ph. D., Cusco, Peru
Gary Urton, Ph.D., Harvard University
Media and Interactives
Mark Christal, NMAI
Dan Davis, NMAI
Doug McMains, NMAI
The Origin of the Inka:
Illustrations: Ojitos Production, Santiago, Chile
Narration: Xozy Tonantzin Sarasvati Grijalva
Music: Jose Montaño and Grupo Aymara
The Inka Milky Way:
Painting: Miguel Aráoz Cartagena, Qorikancha—Museo del Convento de Santo
Domingo, Cusco, Peru
Fly-over:
Developer: Interactive Knowledge
Colca and Tipón interactive:
Interactive Knowledge
3-D animation: Pixeldust Studios
Jon Blundell, OCIO, Smithsonian
Panoramic Image of Pisac: Ideum
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala illustrations from The First New Chronicle and Good Government courtesy of The Royal Library, Copenhagen
Photography
Ernest Amoroso
José Barreiro
Ernesto Benavides del Solar
Dan Davis
Isabel Hawkins
Kevin Cartwright
Doug McMains
Ramiro Matos
Axel E. Nielsen
Ursula de Bary Orihuela
Joanne Pillsbury
Beate Salz
Wayne Smith
Ephraim George Squier
Amy Van Allen
A. Hyatt Verrill
R.A. Whiteside
Wright Engineers, Inc.
Illustrations
Mary Ellen Hawkins
Web Design and Development
David Chang
Rebecca Estes, NMAI
Laurie Swindull, NMAI
Cheryl Wilson, NMAI
Deanna Wood, NMAI
Editing
Martha Davidson
Christine Gordon
Voice Talent
Studio Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Ramiro Matos, NMAI
Contract Management
Vilma Ortiz-Sanchez, NMAI
Special thanks to:
Vicentina Galiano Blanco Huaman, Cusco, Peru
Jesús Galiano Blanco Huaman, Cusco, Peru