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Color photograph of the wooded area outside the National Museum of the American Indian. In the center foreground, a winding railing stretches back and bends left, towards an opening where a circular metal memorial stands. The memorial is a metal circle with a hole in the middle. To the right is a small pond surrounded by trees and shrubbery in bright autumn colors. A clear blue sky peeks through between the branches.
The path leading towards the Native American Veterans Memorial outside the National Museum of the American Indian. Photo by Bailey DeSimone.

Observing Native American Heritage Month and Veterans History Month at the NMAI

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The Washington, D.C. location of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) sits at the foot of Capitol Hill along Independence Avenue NW. Surrounded by a thoughtfully planted garden that evokes crops native to the Americas, the museum was established in 1989 via an act of Congress (Public Law 101-185). The act was amended