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IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas

Ongoing

This 20-panel banner exhibition focuses on the interactions between African American and Native American people, especially those of blended heritage. It also sheds light on the dynamics of race, community, culture, and creativity, and addresses the human desires of being and belonging. With compelling text and powerful graphics, IndiVisible includes accounts of cultural integration and diffusion as well as the struggle to define and preserve identity. Stories are set within the context of a larger society that, for centuries, has viewed people through the prism of race brought to the Western Hemisphere by European settlers.

By combining the voices of the living with those of their ancestors, IndiVisible provides an extraordinary opportunity to understand the history and contemporary perspectives of people of African and Native American descent. The exhibition is accompanied by a 160-page publication and 10-minute media piece.

Developed by the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

CURRENT AND UPCOMING TOUR SCHEDULE:

Jan. 9–31, 2013
University of Michigan Museum of Natural History
Ann Arbor, MI

Feb. 16–May 19, 2013
Martin Methodist College, Gault Fine Arts Center
Pulaski, TN

Jun. 8–Aug. 4, 2013
Abbe Museum
Bar Harbor, ME

Jan. 25–Mar. 23, 2014
The Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center
New York, NY

For booking contact and complete tour schedule information, including past dates and locations, please visit the exhibition website.

Jimi Hendrix, The Royal Albert Hall, London, Feb. 18, 1969. Hendrix, who spoke proudly of his Cherokee grandmother, was one of many famous African Americans in the 1960s who cited family traditions linking them to Native ancestry. Photo by Graham F. Page. Courtesy Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.

Jimi Hendrix, The Royal Albert Hall, London, Feb. 18, 1969. Hendrix, who spoke proudly of his Cherokee grandmother, was one of many famous African Americans in the 1960s who cited family traditions linking them to Native ancestry. Photo by Graham F. Page. Courtesy Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.

Jimi Hendrix, The Royal Albert Hall, London, Feb. 18, 1969. Hendrix, who spoke proudly of his Cherokee grandmother, was one of many famous African Americans in the 1960s who cited family traditions linking them to Native ancestry. Photo by Graham F. Page. Courtesy Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame.
This richly illustrated book brings to light an epic history that speaks to present-day struggles for racial identity and understanding. IndiVisible illuminates a history fraught with colonial oppression, racial antagonism, and the loss of culture and identity. Uncovered within that history, however, are stories of cultural resurgence and the need to know one's roots.
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