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    Parker Canby - Ace Videographer/Photographer at MAI
    • Aug 13, 2021

    Parker Canby - Ace Videographer/Photographer at MAI

    MAI has been very fortunate to have our young video and media intern Parker Grace Canby. Parker wears many hats at the Museum as our...
    Museum Recovers with Healing Drumming
    • Aug 13, 2021

    Museum Recovers with Healing Drumming

    Last month the museum was fortunate to host an event with songs for healing and blessings. The event opened with a beautiful prayer and...
    MAI collaborates with Spahr Center. Check out these informative videos!
    • Jun 29, 2021

    MAI collaborates with Spahr Center. Check out these informative videos!

    The Spahr Center is Marin County’s only non-profit community agency devoted to serving, supporting and empowering the lesbian, gay,...
    Leadership and Board Changes
    • Mar 17, 2021

    Leadership and Board Changes

    We are pleased to announce that the Museum of the American Indian (MAI) is now under full Native American leadership with Native American...
    Five Diné Women Physicians Fight the Covid-19 Pandemic
    • Mar 17, 2021

    Five Diné Women Physicians Fight the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Photographs featured in the article by Eric Retterbush. An article in the March 2021 Smithsonian Review written by Jade Begay, describes...
    New Book on Coast Miwok life for Young Readers!
    • Jan 14, 2021

    New Book on Coast Miwok life for Young Readers!

    Make sure to order your copy of Betty Goerke’s new book, Adventures of Two Coast Miwok Children, illustrated by Edward Willie. Fresh off...
    • Nov 5, 2020

    Happy Native American Heritage Month!

    November is officially Native American Heritage Month or American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and is recognized across our...
    Sarah Pusey, Our Dedicated Archivist
    • Sep 15, 2020

    Sarah Pusey, Our Dedicated Archivist

    Sarah Pusey is the unofficial archivist for the Museum of the American Indian. She volunteered originally to complete an inventory of the...
    Conversations with Our Elders Videos
    • Sep 15, 2020

    Conversations with Our Elders Videos

    This August Victoria Canby, Interim Museum Director, and intern Parker Canby began videoing a series of interviews with some of Marin’s...
    Edward Willie: Reviving Women’s Regalia
    • Sep 15, 2020

    Edward Willie: Reviving Women’s Regalia

    The Museum of the American Indian (MAI) is very pleased to announce a new collaboration with artist Edward Willie to construct...
    Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)
    • Jul 3, 2020

    Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS)

    BAAITS Mission Statement: Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits (BAAITS) exists to restore and recover the role of Two-Spirit people...
    Our Support for Black Lives Matter
    • Jul 3, 2020

    Our Support for Black Lives Matter

    As an institution representing Native Americans, we profess an unequivocal unity with the objectives of the Black Lives Matter movement....
    • Jul 3, 2020

    Renaming Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

    This is what we are doing: Original letter to San Anselmo Council Marin IJ article Presented live at the Public Forum Meeting: The Museum...
    Learning to Make Cordage from Dogbane
    • Mar 4, 2020

    Learning to Make Cordage from Dogbane

    On Saturday February 29th Edward Willie joined us at the MAI to share his knowledge about Apocynum cannabinum, commonly known as dogbane....
    Alicia M. Retes Brings a Miwok Story to Auburn
    • Feb 17, 2020

    Alicia M. Retes Brings a Miwok Story to Auburn

    Everyone loves a good story, and the Auburn Winter Storytelling Fest brought seven professional storytellers to the stage this month,...
    Victoria Canby Named Interim Executive Director
    • Jan 23, 2020

    Victoria Canby Named Interim Executive Director

    On January 14, 2020, the board of the MAI enthusiastically voted in Victoria Canby as Interim Executive Director. Victoria, also known as...
    Celebratory Opening of Vanessa Yava’s Exhibit
    • Jan 23, 2020

    Celebratory Opening of Vanessa Yava’s Exhibit

    It was raining outside but protected and cozy under the enclosed eaves of the museum as attendees of the latest exhibit enjoyed the...
    Native Expressions Opening Big Hit!
    • Mar 8, 2019

    Native Expressions Opening Big Hit!

    On Saturday, March 4th, over 75 visitors attended the opening of Becky Olivera Schultz's exhibit at the Museum of the American Indian e
    Marin IJ Honor Winner!
    • Feb 24, 2019

    Marin IJ Honor Winner!

    Thanks to our wonderful supporters, MAI has nabbed two categories in the IJ's Readers' Choice Awards -- Best Historic Attraction and
    Native Expressions Opening Reception
    • Feb 11, 2019

    Native Expressions Opening Reception

    Native Expressions Opening Reception. This April, MAI will feature Native American masks by artist Becky Olvera Schultz.
    MAI January News & Updates
    • Jan 16, 2019

    MAI January News & Updates

    MAI January News & Updates. A look back on 2018 and all we accomplished and a glimpse at what's planned for the year ahead.
    December News & Updates
    • Dec 1, 2018

    December News & Updates

    MAI News & Updates for December 2018. Edward Curtis exhibit extended, unique gifts in the MAI gift shop, and #GivingTuesday update.
    MAI Has Been Nominated!
    • Aug 5, 2018

    MAI Has Been Nominated!

    The Museum of the American Indian has been nominated as a top family destination in the 2018 Winnie Family Favorites awards!
    A Vanishing Race: The 150th Birthday of Edward S. Curtis
    • Jun 16, 2018

    A Vanishing Race: The 150th Birthday of Edward S. Curtis

    The Museum of the American Indian is excited to announce A Vanishing Race: The 150th Birthday of Edward S. Curtis.

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