RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Museum of History hosted its 28th annual American Indian Heritage Celebration Saturday in downtown Raleigh.

This summer the North American Indian Cultures Hall inside the Denver Museum of Nature & Science will be closing because museum officials say it "perpetuates racist stereotypes." ...

Denver Museum of Nature and Science will close ‘problematic’ American Indian Cultures Hall Museum officials acknowledge “racist” stereotypes and commit to reimagining the space The 10,000-square-foot ...

The 10,000-square-foot North American Indian Cultures Hall is too problematic to keep, Denver Museum of Nature and Science officials said this week. (Provided by DMNS) ...

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science shared a letter shared with members that said the North American Indian Cultures Hall perpetuates a "white, dominant culture" and will be shuttered this summer.

The museum is marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of renowned photographer Edward Curtis by presenting 150 photogravures from "The North American Indian," Curtis’s monumental project.

According to the 2020 census, more than 130,000 North Carolinians self-identified as American Indian, and about 50,000 more identified as American Indian and another race/ethnic group.

About The National Museum of the American Indian cares for one of the world’s most expansive collections of Native objects, photographs, and media, covering the entire Western Hemisphere from the ...

"Infinity of Nations: Art and History in the Collections of the National Museum of the American Indian”—a permanent exhibition of about 700 works of Native art from throughout North, Central and South ...

Also, Indigenous artists championed cultural revitalization, countering the notion that Native American cultures were frozen in the past.” Fritz Scholder, Monster Indian,1968.

When the National Museum of the American Indian opens to the public this week, Carole L. Whelan stands ready to soak up knowledge that she can almost immediately pass on to her students.