New York is home to more than 40,000 Native Americans, more than any urban center in the country. We take a look at efforts to preserve Native American culture in the city – everything from music to dance to language.
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Courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian
ART HISTORY: The above Anishinaabe birchbark house, made in the late 19th or early 20th Century, is part of the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian.
