From the exhibition, Women of Sweetgrass, Cedar and Sage, friends and community members outside the American Indian Community House Gallery, 1985. Photo by Jesse Cooday. Published September 23, 2019 NEW YORK — Museum of the City of New York announced today that it will present Urban Indian: Native New York Now , a new exhibition created in celebration of the 50 th anniversary of the American Indian Community House (AICH). The show–which highlights a mix of contemporary artwork, video, and community memorabilia by Native Americans who have made their home in New York City–offers the opportunity for those who live here to reflect on tribal affiliations and the shared meaning of being a Native American in New York today. Urban Indian: Native New York Now will be on view from September 27, 2019 through February 15, 2020. Like New York City itself, the Native American community here is marked by its plurality: the country’s largest metropolis has residents with ties to a tremendous variety of federally recognized Tribal Nations. In and with this multiplicity of experience, Native people living in New York are building solidarity and social connections across diaspora and difference, engaging in explorations of what it means […]

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