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An Indian Fair Special Events (1985) 1984 Alaska Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia The Grand Generation 1983 Aviation Program Festival Sampler French/French-American Program National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983) New Jersey 1982 Children's Program (1982) Korea National Heritage Fellowships Program (1982) Oklahoma 1981 A Celebration of the American Tent Show Adobe Architecture Arts Endowment Folk Arts Program Children's Program (1981) Folklore of the Deaf Music and Crafts of the Southeastern United States Northeastern Music and Dance Ojibwa Culture South Slavic Americans 1980 American Talkers Caribbean Americans Community Activities and Food Preservation Finnish Americans Folk Housing and Energy Efficiency Southeast Asian Americans 1970s 1979 Caribbean Carnival Children's Area Folklife in the Museum - Folk Medicine Folklore in Your Community Medicine Show Native American Architecture 1978 Chesapeake Bay Traditions Children's Folklife Coal Miners & Oil Workers D.C. Folklore Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1978) Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1978) Mexican & Mexican American Traditions Other Programs (1978) San Juan Pueblo Culture 1977 African Diaspora Street Culture America's Appetite (for Energy) Folklife in the Museum: A Nation of Nations (1977) Folklife in the Museum: Hall of Musical Instruments Folklife in the Museum: Renwick Gallery (1977) Native American Musical Styles Other Programs (1977) Virginia Folk Culture 1976 African Diaspora (1976) Children's Program (1976) Family Folklore (1976) Festival Stage (1976) Native Americans (1976) Old Ways in the New World (1976) Regional America (1976) Working Americans (1976) 1975 African Diaspora (1975) Children's Program (1975) Family Folklore (1975) Festival Stage (1975) Native Americans (1975) Old Ways in the New World (1975) Regional America (1975) Working Americans (1975) 1974 African Diaspora (1974) Children's Program (1974) Family Folklore (1974) Festival Stage (1974) Native Americans (1974) Old Ways in the New World (1974) Regional America (1974) Working Americans (1974) 1973 Native Americans (1973) Old Ways in the New World (1973) Regional America (1973) Working Americans (1973) 1972 Maryland Southwest Indians Union Workers 1971 Northwest Coast Indians Ohio Performances (1971) 1970 Arkansas Crafts (1970) Performances (1970) Southern Plains Indians 1960s 1969 Crafts (1969) Pennsylvania Performances (1969) Toby Show 1968 Crafts (1968) Performances (1968) Texas 1967 Crafts (1967) Performances (1967) Browse By Theme Art & Design Building Arts By Our Interns Celebrations Community Crafts Cultural Sustainability Cultural Transmission Dance Dress Education Environment Folklife Resources Foodways Future Programs History Immigration & Migration Indigenous Peoples Language Marketplace Music Poetry Religion & Spirituality Social Justice Sponsor Highlight Sports & Games Storytelling Traditional Knowledge Tribute Work Life Year/Program 2018 Armenia Catalonia Crafts of African Fashion On the Move Sisterfire 2017 50th Anniversary Circus Arts Festival at 50 IlluminAsia On the Move 2016 Basque On the Move Sounds of California Special Events (2016) 2015 Perú Special Events (2015) 2014 China Kenya Special Events (2014) 2013 Hungarian Heritage One World, Many Voices Special Events (2013) The Will to Adorn 2012 Campus and Community Citified Creativity and Crisis Special Events (2012) 2011 Colombia Peace Corps Rhythm and Blues Special Events (2011) 2010 Asian Pacific Americans México Smithsonian Inside Out Special Events (2010) 2009 Giving Voice Las Américas Special Events (2009) Wales Smithsonian Cymru 2008 Bhutan NASA: Fifty Years and Beyond Special Events (2008) Texas 2007 Mekong River Northern Ireland Roots of Virginia Culture Special Events (2007) 2006 Alberta Carriers of Culture Nuestra Música: Latino Chicago Special Events (2006) 2005 Food Culture USA Forest Service, Culture, and Community Nuestra Música: Music in Latino Culture (2005) Oman: Desert, Oasis, and Sea Special Events (2005) 2004 Haiti Nuestra Música: Music in Latino Culture (2004) Special Events (2004) Water Ways 2003 Appalachia: Heritage and Harmony Mali: From Timbuktu to Washington Scotland at the Smithsonian Special Events (2003) 2002 The Silk Road 2001 Bermuda Connections Masters of the Building Arts New York City at the Smithsonian Special Events (2001) 2000 El Río Special Events (2000) Tibetan Culture Beyond the Land of Snows Washington, D.C.: It’s Our Home 1999 Celebrating New Hampshire's Stories Gateways to Romania South Africa Special Events (1999) 1998 Pahiyas: A Philippine Harvest Special Events (1998) The Baltic Nations The Rio Grande/Río Bravo Basin Wisconsin 1997 African Immigrant Folklife Sacred Sounds: Belief & Society Special Events (1997) The Mississippi Delta 1996 Iowa - Community Style Special Events (1996) The American South Working at the Smithsonian 1995 Heartbeat: The Voices of First Nations Women Russian Roots, American Branches Special Events (1995) The Cape Verdean Connection The Czech Republic 1994 Latin America and the Caribbean Masters of Traditional Arts Thailand: Household, Temple Fair & Court The Commonwealth of The Bahamas 1993 American Social Dance Kids' Stuff Metro Music U.S.-Mexico Borderlands 1992 Maroon Culture New Mexico Soundscape in Indian Country Workers at the White House 1991 Family Farming in the Heartland Indonesia Land in Native American Cultures Roots of Rhythm and Blues 1990 Musics of Struggle Senegal U.S. Virgin Islands 1989 American Indian Program Cultural Conservation (1989) Hawai'i France and North America The Caribbean 1988 American Folklore Society Centennial Festival Music Stage Massachusetts Migration to Metropolitan Washington Music from the Soviet Union 1987 Cultural Conservation and Languages Metropolitan Washington Michigan 1986 20th Anniversary Music Stage American Trial Lawyers Traditional Crafts Japan: Rice in Japanese Folk Culture Tennessee 1985 Cultural Conservation (1985) Louisiana Mela! An Indian Fair Special Events (1985) 1984 Alaska Black Urban Expressive Culture from Philadelphia The Grand Generation 1983 Aviation Program Festival Sampler French/French-American Program National Heritage Fellowships Program (1983) New Jersey 1982 Children's Program (1982) Korea Heritage Fellowships Program (1982) Oklahoma 1981 American Tent Show Adobe Architecture Arts Endowment Folk Arts Program Children's Program (1981) Folklore of the Deaf Southeastern United States Northeastern Music and Dance Ojibwa Culture South Slavic Americans 1980 American Talkers Caribbean Americans Community Activities and Food Preservation Finnish Americans Folk Housing and Energy Efficiency Southeast Asian Americans 1979 Caribbean Carnival Children's Area Folklife in the Museum - Folk Medicine Folklore in Your Community Medicine Show Native American Architecture 1978 Chesapeake Bay Traditions Children's Folklife Coal Miners & Oil Workers D.C. Folklore A Nation of Nations (1978) Renwick Gallery (1978) Mexican & Mexican American Traditions Other Programs (1978) San Juan Pueblo Culture 1977 African Diaspora Street Culture America's Appetite (for Energy) A Nation of Nations (1977) Hall of Musical Instruments Renwick Gallery (1977) Native American Musical Styles Other Programs (1977) Virginia Folk Culture 1976 African Diaspora (1976) Children's Program (1976) Family Folklore (1976) Festival Stage (1976) Native Americans (1976) Old Ways in the New World (1976) Regional America (1976) Working Americans (1976) 1975 African Diaspora (1975) Children's Program (1975) Family Folklore (1975) Festival Stage (1975) Native Americans (1975) Old Ways in the New World (1975) Regional America (1975) Working Americans (1975) 1974 African Diaspora (1974) Children's Program (1974) Family Folklore (1974) Festival Stage (1974) Native Americans (1974) Old Ways in the New World (1974) Regional America (1974) Working Americans (1974) 1973 Native Americans (1973) Old Ways in the New World (1973) Regional America (1973) Working Americans (1973) 1972 Maryland Southwest Indians Union Workers 1971 Northwest Coast Indians Ohio Performances (1971) 1970 Arkansas Crafts (1970) Performances (1970) Southern Plains Indians 1969 Crafts (1969) Pennsylvania Performances (1969) 1968 Crafts (1968) Performances (1968) Texas 1967 Crafts (1967) Performances (1967)
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Musicians Alice Bag The Bright Siders Jenna Camille DJ Crown Vic & Area Woman Malik DOPE Drummer Grandmaster Flash Ruby Ibarra Jourdan & Tarron Kokayi La Marisoul Elizabeth Mitchell and You Are My Flower Quetzal Royal Pocket Tour Sonia De Los Santos Nolan Williams Jr. Dan and Claudia Zanes RECORD LABELS Carpark Records Crooked Beat Records Dischord Records Electric Cowbell Records Free Dirt Records & Service Co. Lovitt Records Smithsonian Folkways Recordings This Could Go Boom! ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES DC Public Library Punk & Go-Go Archives Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives, University of the District of Columbia Globe Collection and Press at MICA Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, University of Maryland Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections LOCAL RESOURCES Anacostia Community Museum Check It-Enterprises DC Bluegrass Union DC Oral History Collaborative Communication, Culture and Media Studies, Howard University GoGoRadio LIVE (Nico Hobson) Interactivity Foundation Mayor’s Office on African American Affairs National Park Service Cultural Resources ZINE ARTIST Evan Keeling
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