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80-524: It is described as the largest and most comprehensive collection in the world. During his years of collecting and study, Heye funded numerous archeological expeditions and supported scholarly work of the time. He established the Heye Foundation in the early 20th century to support such work, as well as contributing independently. Heye was born in 1874, the son of Carl Friederich Gustav Heye and Marie Antoinette Lawrence of Hudson, New York . His father

160-634: A Mitisam Cafe Cookbook. George Gustav Heye (1874–1957) traveled throughout North and South America collecting native objects. His collection was assembled over 54 years, beginning in 1903. He started the Museum of the American Indian and his Heye Foundation in 1916. The Heye Foundation's Museum of the American Indian opened to the public on Audubon Terrace in New York City in 1922. The museum at Audubon Terrace closed in 1994 and part of

240-669: A Universal basic income pilot, was launched in Hudson by The Spark of Hudson community center together with Humanity Forward Foundation . Some residents will receive an unrestricted payment of $ 500 per month, for 5 years, funded by the Andrew Yang Foundation. The first written mention of 'cocktail' as a beverage appeared in The Farmers Cabinet, 1803, in the United States. The first definition of

320-466: A Council President elected citywide, as is the Treasurer. In the early 21st century, Hudson has become a destination for LGBTQ people. In 2010, Hudson High School made national history when two openly gay seniors, Timothy Howard and Charlie Ferrusi, were named prom king and queen. During the same year, Hudson hosted its first LGBTQ pride parade, attended by several hundred people. Lil' Deb's Oasis

400-645: A brief time. He continued to maintain a part interest in the New York firm and attracted customers from the Hudson area, including: Thomas Jenkins & Sons, Seth Jenkins, and the Paddock family, among others. After Alsop's death in November 1794, his partner, Isaac Hicks , began to focus more of his efforts toward increasing his sale of whale products-especially oil and spermaceti candles. Hudson grew rapidly as an active port and came within one vote of being named by

480-651: A career in investment banking that lasted until 1909. His success gave him the financial means to fund archeological expeditions conducted by scholars in the field. For instance, he funded an expedition in 1907 to Ecuador and Colombia by Professor Saville of the Department of Anthropology of Columbia University , Heye's alma mater. Saville had already completed two expeditions to sites in those countries. Heye continued with his interest in Native American culture, funding archeological surveys and excavations in

560-469: A cocktail as an alcoholic beverage appeared three years later in The Balance and Columbian Repository (Hudson, New York) May 13, 1806. Traditionally, cocktail ingredients included spirits, sugar, water and bitters; however, this definition evolved throughout the 1800s to include the addition of a liqueur. From late 1998 until spring 2005, a land-use conflict took place when St. Lawrence Cement (SLC),

640-521: A few occupants of quasi-legal summer shanties. The Town of Greenport borders the other three sides of the city. As of the census of 2010, there were 6,713 people, 2,766 households, and 1,368 families residing in the city. The population was estimated at 6,648 Hudson (city) QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau in 2013. These numbers include the approximately 360 residents of the local Hudson Correctional Facility. Population declines since

720-420: A household in the city was $ 35,117, and the median income for a family was $ 37,400. Males had a median income of $ 26,274 versus $ 22,598 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 22,353. About 23.0% of families and 23.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 31.8% of those under age 18 and 19.1% of those age 65 or over. The city has a mayor-council form of elected government. Since

800-524: A new exhibition Nation to Nation: Treaties, curated by Indian rights activist Suzan Shown Harjo . The exhibit is built around the Two Row Wampum Treaty , known from both Indian oral tradition and a written document that some believe is a modern forgery. Museum reviewer Diana Muir Appelbaum has said, "There is no evidence that there ever was a 1613 treaty" and describes NMAI as "a museum that peddles fairy tales." The museum publishes

880-652: A permanent museum, is located at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in New York City , opened in October 1994. The Cultural Resources Center, a research and collections facility, is located in Suitland , Maryland . The foundations for the present collections were first assembled in the former Museum of the American Indian in New York City, which was established in 1916, and which became part of

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960-662: A political compromise between those who wished to keep the Heye Collection in New York, and those who wanted it to be part of the new NMAI in Washington, DC. The NMAI was initially housed in lower Manhattan at the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, which was refurbished for this purpose and remains an exhibition site; its building on the Mall in Washington, DC opened on September 21, 2004. In January 2022,

1040-592: A quarterly magazine, called the American Indian , which focuses on a wide range of topics pertaining to Native Americans. It won the Native American Journalists Association's General Excellence awards in 2002 and 2003. The magazine's mission is to: "Celebrate Native Traditions and Communities". The National Museum of the American Indian indigenous-focused curatorial strategy has been criticized by visitors expecting to see

1120-667: A range of exhibitions, film and video screenings, school group programs and living culture presentations throughout the year. In Suitland, Maryland , the National Museum of the American Indian operates the Cultural Resources Center, an enormous, nautilus -shaped building which houses the collection, a library, and the photo archives. The Cultural Resources Center opened in 2003. The National Native American Veterans Memorial honors American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian veterans who have served in

1200-598: A rented room. By 1908, Heye was referring to the collection as "The Heye Museum." He began to lend materials for exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania, at what later became its Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia . In 1916, he purchased the collection of Alaskan Native artifacts that had won the gold medal for ethnological collections at the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition , from J. E. Standley of Ye Olde Curiosity Shop . Eventually,

1280-456: A report on this in 1919. Other parts of the archeological site were excavated in 1965–1967, including two villages and two earthwork mounds. Through the years, Heye accumulated the largest private collection of Native American objects in the world. They included both prehistoric and historic items. The collection was initially stored in Heye's Madison Avenue apartment in New York City, and later in

1360-441: A subsidiary of Swiss multinational Holderbank (since renamed Holcim ), then one of the world's largest cement companies, proposed to build a cement-manufacturing plant in the city and area. The massive coal-fired plant project would have occupied more than 1,800 acres (7.3 km ) in the city of Hudson and the town of Greenport . Supporters cited the project for jobs and stimulating other growth. Sustained grassroots opposition to

1440-448: A vertical steel circle standing on a stone drum, surrounded by benches and engravings of the logos of the military branches. Four stainless steel lances are incorporated around the benches where veterans, family members, tribal leaders, and other visitors can tie cloths for prayers and healing. The memorial was designed by Cheyenne and Arapaho artist Harvey Pratt and is titled Warriors' Circle of Honor . Jurors unanimously selected

1520-594: Is New York's oldest operating theater. Time & Space Limited, a not-for-profit arts organization serves the City of Hudson and the Hudson River Valley Region. It shows a wide selection of independent movies. A farmers market takes place on Saturdays, offering a variety of fresh organic products from the Hudson Valley area. The market is conducted outdoors in the warm season and indoor in

1600-634: Is a city in Columbia County, New York , United States. At the 2020 census , it had a population of 5,894. On the east side of the Hudson River , 120 miles (190 km) from the Atlantic Ocean , it was named after the river's explorer, Henry Hudson . The native Mahican people had occupied this territory for hundreds of years before Dutch colonists began to settle here in the 17th century, calling it "Claverack Landing" (as it

1680-431: Is a restaurant in the city that hosts queer events and is an LGBTQ gathering space. After a steep economic decline in the 1960s and '70s, following the loss of jobs due to restructuring in the manufacturing sector, the city has undergone a significant revival. The economy has shifted to one based on tourism , services and related retail. Attracted by its quality architecture, a group of antiques dealers opened shops on

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1760-727: Is interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx , New York City. Heye created the Museum of the American Indian in 1916 in New York City and was its director until 1956. His collection of Native American materials was gathered over a period of 45 years. This collection became the basis of the National Museum of the American Indian . The largest and most comprehensive in the world, the collection contains over one million objects, particularly from Native Americans , Inuit and Alaskan Natives , and also other indigenous peoples of

1840-597: Is not subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act . When the National Museum was created in 1989, a law governing repatriation was drafted specifically for the museum, the National Museum of the American Indian Act , upon which NAGPRA was modeled. In addition to repatriation, the museum engages in dialogues with tribal communities regarding the appropriate curation of cultural heritage items. For example,

1920-605: The Heye Center in Lower Manhattan, the museum offers a range of exhibitions, film and video screenings, school group programs, public programs and living culture presentations throughout the year. The museum's architect and project designer is Canadian Douglas Cardinal ( Blackfoot ); its design architects are GBQC Architects of Philadelphia and architect Johnpaul Jones ( Cherokee / Choctaw ). Disagreements during construction led to Cardinal's being removed from

2000-820: The Hudson Historic District are considered to be contributing , attesting to their quality. These properties include the Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Estate and Dr. Oliver Bronson House and Stables (both for Dr. Oliver Bronson ), Henry A. and Evanlina Dubois House , Cornelius H. Evans House , Front Street-Parade Hill-Lower Warren Street Historic District , Houses at 37–47 North Fifth Street , Hudson Almshouse , Hudson Historic District , Hudson/Athens Lighthouse , Rossman-Prospect Avenue Historic District , United States Post Office , William Henry Ludlow House , Elisha Williams House , Oliver Wiswall House , and Van Salsbergen House . National Museum of

2080-618: The Hudson station . Columbia County Public Transportation provides local service and commuter service to Albany . Hudson Ferry Company provides ferry service across the Hudson River to Athens, NY. Hudson is home to the Firemen's Association of the State of New York (FASNY) Museum of Firefighting, one of the largest fire service-centered museums in the world. It is on the grounds of

2160-418: The National Museum of the American Indian Act . Passed as Public Law 101-185, it established the National Museum of the American Indian as "a living memorial to Native Americans and their traditions". The Act also required that human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony be considered for repatriation to tribal communities, as well as objects acquired illegally. Since 1989

2240-400: The head of navigation on the Hudson River and developed it as a busy port. Hudson was chartered as a city in 1785. The self-described "Proprietors" laid out a city grid. By 1786, the city had several fine wharves, warehouses, a spermaceti-works and fifteen hundred residents. In 1794 John Alsop , of the New York City shipping and commission agents Alsop & Hicks, relocated to Hudson for

2320-479: The 1990s, nine mayors have served: William Allen, Dolly Allen, Richard Scalera, Kenneth Cranna, Richard Tracy, William Hallenbeck, Tiffany Martin Hamilton, Rick Rector, and Kamal Johnson. This period has been marked by unusual levels of friction between elected officials and residents, as the demographics and economics of the city have shifted. The Common Council consists of ten members elected from five districts, and

2400-897: The American Indian The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas . It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums and research centers. The museum has three facilities. The National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. , opened on September 21, 2004, on Fourth Street and Independence Avenue , Southwest. The George Gustav Heye Center ,

2480-530: The American Indian considered options of merging with the Museum of Natural History, accepting a large donation from Ross Perot to be housed in a new museum building to be built in Dallas, or moving to the U.S. Customs House. The Heye Trust included a restriction requiring the collection to be displayed in New York City, and moving the collection to a Museum outside of New York aroused substantial opposition from New York politicians. The current arrangement represented

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2560-548: The American Indian in the National Mall (Washington, D.C.), George Gustav Heye Center in New York City, and the Cultural Resources Center in Maryland. The National Native Americans Veterans Memorial is also located near the museum. The groundbreaking ceremony for the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall was held on September 28, 1999. The museum opened on September 21, 2004. Fifteen years in

2640-559: The American Indian opened to the public in 1922. It closed in 1994, after the collection had been moved in 1989 to the Smithsonian Institution . In 1994 the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian opened in the former Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House near Battery Park in Lower Manhattan. Heye died on January 20, 1957, at his house in the Ritz Tower in New York City.. He

2720-820: The American Indian. Kevin Gover was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian beginning December 2007 until January 2021. He is currently the Under Secretary for Museums and Culture at the Smithsonian. He is a former professor of law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in Tempe, an affiliate professor in its American Indian Studies Program and co-executive director of

2800-675: The American Southeast. The field was young, but he supported some of the most professional work of the time. In 1915, Heye worked with Frederick W. Hodge and George H. Pepper on the Nacoochee Mound in White County, Georgia . The work on Nacoochee Mound was done through the Heye Foundation, the Museum of the American Indian (which opened in 1922), and the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. It

2880-646: The Bronx in a building along the Interstate 95 corridor. After the land and building were sold, the property was cleared for redevelopment as private housing. After 1930, the library of the Museum formed the bulk of the Native American Collection at the Huntington Free Library. The 40,000+ books and archival artifacts were sold to Cornell University in 2004. Notes Bibliography Hudson, New York Hudson

2960-468: The FASNY Firemen's home, the first nursing home for firemen in the country. The Hudson Music Festival was an annual event established in 2011 and was New York's largest free music festival. The fourth annual Hudson Music Festival took place August 8, 9 & 10, 2014 and showcased 100 acts. Hudson Hall , an arts venue and organization, is located on Warren Street in the center of the city. It

3040-582: The Federalist paper The Wasp . The state's Democratic-Republican attorney General Ambrose Spencer indicted Croswell for seditious libel. The case eventually wound up with Alexander Hamilton defending Crosswell before the New York Supreme court in Albany in 1804. Crosswell lost, apparently due the influence of anti-Federalist Justice Morgan Lewis . However, enough state assemblymen had observed

3120-479: The Heye collection was moved to the Heye Foundation's Museum of the American Indian at 155th Street and Broadway , which broke ground in May 1916. He had been encouraged to build there by Archer Milton Huntington , who had already established The Hispanic Society of America in its own building and sponsored a complex of cultural institutions. In 1919, Heye founded the journal Indian Notes and Monographs . The Museum of

3200-768: The Hudson Half Dollar. The coin is one of the rarest ever minted by the United States Government, as only 10,008 coins were struck. On the front of the coin is an image of Henry Hudson 's ship the Half Moon , and on the reverse is the seal of the city. Local legend has it that coin was minted on direct order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to thank the Hudson City Democratic Committee for being

3280-535: The Hudson River between the South Bay and North Bay. Both bays have been largely filled in. Across the Hudson River lies the town of Athens in Greene County ; a ferry connected the two municipalities during much of the 19th century. Between them lies Middle Ground Flats, a former sandbar that grew due to both natural silting and also from dumping the spoils of dredging ; today it is inhabited by deer and

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3360-515: The NMAI, questioned whether the broad array of Indian identities and individuals depicted in the exhibit really qualified as Indians. Jacki Thompson Rand, a Choctaw historian who served on the advisory board up to 1994, titled her reflections Why I Can't Visit the National Museum of the American Indian : "The absence of Native knowledge and the consequent inability to effect the required translation undermined exhibitions … Art and material culture were

3440-500: The Native American Design Collaborative, and Polshek Partnership Architects of New York City ; Ramona Sakiestewa ( Hopi ) and Donna House ( Navajo / Oneida ) also served as design consultants. The landscape architects are Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects Ltd. of Seattle and EDAW, Inc., of Alexandria, Virginia . In general, Native Americans have filled the leadership roles in

3520-470: The Smithsonian Institution, an artist in her own right, co-owner of the first gallery in the U.S. capital dedicated to Native American artists, and an early champion for the creation of a national museum dedicated to Native American art and culture. Following controversy over the discovery by Indian leaders that the Smithsonian Institution held more than 12,000–18,000 human remains, mostly in storage, United States Senator Daniel Inouye introduced in 1989

3600-425: The Smithsonian announced that Cynthia Chavez Lamar, an employee since 2014, would take over as director of NMAI on February 14. Her position will also oversee the George Gustav Heye Center in Lower Manhattan and the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland , Maryland. As an enrolled member at San Felipe Pueblo , she will be the first Native American woman to serve as a Smithsonian museum director. Previously, she

3680-411: The Smithsonian has repatriated over 5,000 individual remains – about 1/3 of the total estimated human remains in its collection. On September 21, 2004, for the inauguration of the Museum, Senator Inouye addressed an audience of around 20,000 American Indians , Alaska Natives , and Native Hawaiians , which was the largest gathering in Washington D.C. of indigenous people to its time. The creation of

3760-601: The Smithsonian in 1989. Fundraising and advocacy for the creation of what would eventually become the National Museum of the American Indian launched in 1982 at the Kennedy Center's Night of the First Americans event. In conjunction with this star-studded gala, Retha Walden Gambaro organized an exhibition featuring 120 Native American artists. Gambaro was president of the Amerindian Circle of

3840-498: The Smithsonian in June 1990, was assembled by George Gustav Heye (1874–1957) during a 54-year period, beginning in 1903. He traveled throughout North and South America collecting Native objects. Heye used his collection to found New York's Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation and directed it until his death in 1957. The Heye Foundation's Museum of the American Indian opened to the public in New York City in 1922. The collection

3920-623: The U.S. Armed Forces during every American conflict since the American Revolution. It was originally authorized by Congress in 1994 with amendments in 2013. The national memorial was unveiled with a virtual event on Veterans Day 2020, with a dedication ceremony postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . The ceremony was held on November 11, 2022, and included a procession of more than 1,500 Native veterans from more than 120 Native nations. The memorial comprises

4000-647: The Western Hemisphere. The collection was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1989, which established the National Museum of the American Indian . (It now has two locations, in New York City and in Washington, DC.) About one-third of the original collection has been repatriated under the National Museum of the American Indian Act. This federal legislation recognized that grave goods and other sacred items had been taken from Native American tribes without permission through archeological and other collecting expeditions. Artifacts were once stored in

4080-543: The antique shops. Hudson (2016) has a higher concentration of independent artists than only two other U.S. counties — Kings County, known worldwide as Brooklyn, and Taos County, N.M., according to Captivate: The Capital Region's Creative Economy , a study released in 2014 by the Regional Alliance for the Creative Economy. Amtrak , the national passenger rail system, provides service to Hudson via

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4160-558: The city was 59.0% (55.5% Non-Hispanic) White , 25.0% African American , 7.1% Asian , 0.4% Native American , 0.1% Pacific Islander , and 5.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.2% of the population. There were 2,766 households, out of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24.6% were married couples living together, 19.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.5% were non-families. 40.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who

4240-797: The city's main thoroughfare, Warren Street, in the mid-1980s. Among these were the Hudson Antiques Center, founded by Alain Pioton, and the English Antiques Center. In the early 21st century, the city has nearly seventy shops now, represented by the Hudson Antiques Dealers Association (HADA). The business revival stimulated tourism and attracted residents, some taking second homes in the city. It has become known for its active arts scene, restaurants, art galleries and nightlife, in addition to

4320-457: The collection is now housed at The Museum's George Gustav Heye Center , that occupies two floors of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Lower Manhattan . The Beaux Arts -style building, designed by architect Cass Gilbert , was completed in 1907. It is a designated National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark. The center's exhibition and public access areas total about 20,000 square feet (2,000 m ). The Heye Center offers

4400-400: The design and operation of the museum and have aimed at creating a different atmosphere and experience from museums of European and Euro-American culture. Donna E. House, the Navajo and Oneida botanist who supervised the landscaping, has said, "The landscape flows into the building, and the environment is who we are. We are the trees, we are the rocks, we are the water. And that had to be part of

4480-553: The design concept from among more than 120 submissions. The National Museum of the American Indian is home to the collection of the former Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. The collection includes more than 800,000 objects, as well as a photographic archive of 125,000 images. It is divided into the following areas: Amazon ; Andes ; Arctic / Subarctic ; California / Great Basin ; Contemporary Art; Mesoamerican / Caribbean ; Northwest Coast ; Patagonia ; Plains / Plateau ; Woodlands . The collection, which became part of

4560-505: The distillery and cooperage reside in Rensselaer's former carriage house. Barrels are handmade on site to age bourbon, whiskey, and brandy. Many local restaurants use fresh meat, eggs, herbs, and produce from local farms and agrarian groups. With hundreds of properties listed or eligible to be listed in the State and National registers of historic places, Hudson has been called the "finest dictionary of American architecture in New York State". The vast majority of properties listed within

4640-561: The first to endorse him for state senator and governor. In the late 19th and first half of the 20th century, Hudson became notorious as a center of vice, especially gambling and prostitution . The former Diamond Street is today Columbia Street. At the peak of the vice industry, Hudson boasted more than 50 bars. These rackets were mostly broken up in 1951, after surprise raids of Hudson brothels by New York state troopers , under orders from Governor Thomas E. Dewey , netted several local policemen, among other customers. In 2020, HudsonUP ,

4720-527: The human remains vault is smudged once a week with tobacco, sage, sweetgrass, and cedar, and sacred Crow objects in the Plains vault are smudged with sage during the full moon. If the appropriate cultural tradition for curating an object is unknown, the Native staff uses their own cultural knowledge and customs to treat materials as respectfully as possible. The museum has programs in which Native American scholars and artists can view NMAI's collections to enhance their own research and artwork. In 2014 NMAI opened

4800-444: The late 20th century may be attributable to demographic trends in which retirees, young couples, childless couples, singles, and weekenders have been gradually replacing larger families in the city. They have converted apartment buildings to single-family homes, and the number of unoccupied homes and rate of tax delinquency have declined. The population density was 3,110.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,201.1/km ). The racial makeup of

4880-624: The making, it was the first national museum in the country dedicated exclusively to Native Americans. The five-story, 250,000-square-foot (23,000 m ), curvilinear building is clad in a golden-colored Kasota limestone designed to evoke natural rock formations shaped by wind and water over thousands of years. The museum is set in a 4.25 acres (17,200 m )-site and is surrounded by simulated wetlands . The museum's east-facing entrance, its prism window and its 120-foot (37 m) high space for contemporary Native performances are direct results of extensive consultations with Native peoples. Similar to

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4960-424: The museum brought together the collections of the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City , founded in 1922, and the Smithsonian Institution . The Heye collection became part of the Smithsonian in June 1990, and represents approximately 85% of the holdings of the NMAI. The Heye Collection was formerly displayed at Audubon Terrace in Uptown Manhattan, but had long been seeking a new building. The Museum of

5040-430: The museum." This theme of organic flow is reflected by the interior of the museum, whose walls are mostly curving surfaces, with almost no sharp corners. The Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe has five stations serving different regional foods: Northern Woodlands, South America, the Northwest Coast, Meso-America, and the Great Plains. Mitsitam's first Executive Chef was the Diné chef Freddie Bitsoie . The museum has published

5120-540: The preferred media for transferring knowledge about Native America to an unknowing audience. Why art and culture? … This meant, astonishingly, no treatment of the history of genocide and colonialism, then and now, or even of the basis of tribal sovereignty." Edward Rothstein described the NMAI as an "identity museum" that "jettisons Western scholarship and tells its own story, leading one tribe to solemnly describe its earliest historical milestone: "Birds teach people to call for rain". The museum had 2.4 million visitors in

5200-436: The project was led by business owner Peter Jung and journalist Sam Pratt, co-founders of Friends of Hudson (FOH). Opponents argued the proposed project violated state environmental regulations and would adversely affect the river, shoreline, and related habitats. The controversy gained national attention from news outlets such as CNN and The New York Times , as well as media outlets in Canada and Switzerland. The project

5280-424: The project), a record for that agency. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (6.0 km ), of which 2.2 square miles (5.6 km ) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km ), or 7.38%, is water. Hudson is located 120 miles (190 km) from New York Harbor, at the head of navigation on the Hudson River, on what originally was a spit of land jutting into

5360-399: The project, but the building retains his original design intent. He provided continued input during the museum's construction. The structural engineering firm chosen for this project was Severud Associates . The museum's project architects are Jones & Jones Architects and Landscape Architects Ltd. of Seattle and SmithGroup of Washington, D.C., in association with Lou Weller ( Caddo ),

5440-420: The same depictions that traditional museums present. Two Washington Post writers, Fisher and Richard, expressed "irritation and frustration at the cognitive dissonance they experienced once inside the museum". For Fisher, the displays did not meet his expectations that they would tell the familiar story of Indians' evolution from prehistory to modern times. Richards, who had a similarly negative assessment of

5520-593: The state legislature as the capital of New York state. It lost to Albany, an historic center of Dutch and English colonial trade from the 17th century. Hudson grew rapidly, and by 1790 was the 24th-largest city in the United States, then limited to east of the Allegheny Mountains. In 1820, it had a population of 5,310 and ranked as the fourth-largest city in the state of New York, after New York City, Albany, and Brooklyn. The renowned case of People v. Croswell began in Hudson when Harry Croswell published on September 9, 1802, an attack on President Thomas Jefferson in

5600-437: The trial that in 1805 they changed the state law on libel. Construction of the Erie Canal in 1824 drew development west in the state, stimulating development of cities related to Great Lakes trade, such as Rochester and Buffalo . The Hudson River continued to be important to commerce, as it carried lumber and other products from the Midwest to New York and downriver markets. During the 19th century, considerable industry

5680-480: The university's American Indian Policy Institute. Gover, 52, grew up in Oklahoma and is a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and of Comanche descent. He received his bachelor's degree in public and international affairs from Princeton University and his J.D. degree from the University of New Mexico School of Law . He was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Princeton University in 2001. Gover succeeded W. Richard West Jr. ( Southern Cheyenne ), who

5760-474: The wintertime. Olde York Farm is a woman-owned and family-operated distillery sourcing Hudson Valley foraged and farmed ingredients to make seasonal batch spirits. The farm consists of land growing apples for apple based spirits, land for growing grain, and a black walnut tree grove on site at the distillery. The property is part of the historic Jacob Rutsen van Rensselaer House and Mill complex. Rensselaer also had his own distillery and cooperage circa 1805. Today

5840-453: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 3.09. In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 27.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 106.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 105.6 males. The median income for

5920-640: Was NMAI's acting associate director for collections and operations, and had also interned at the museum in 1994, and worked there as an associate curator from 2000 to 2005. Before Chavez Lamar, Machel Monenerkit had been the Acting Director, taking the position in January 2021. As of 2023, Greg Sarris serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of

6000-573: Was a German immigrant who earned wealth in the new petroleum industry. George Gustav Heye graduated from Columbia School of Mines (now Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science ) in 1896 with a degree in electrical engineering. While superintending railroad construction in Kingman, Arizona in 1897, Heye acquired a Navajo deerskin shirt, his first Native American item. He continued to acquire individual items until 1903, then he began collecting material in larger numbers. In 1901, Heye started

6080-543: Was developed in Hudson, and the city became known as a factory town. It attracted new waves of immigrants and migrants to industrial jobs. Wealthy factory owners and merchants built fine houses in the Victorian period. Hudson obtained a new charter in 1895. It reached its peak of population in 1930, with 12,337 residents. In 1935, to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the city, the United States Mint issued

6160-823: Was later known in English). In 1662, some of the Dutch bought this area of land from the Mahican. Later it was part of the Town of Claverack established by English colonists. In 1783, after the American Revolution, the area was settled largely by Quaker whalers and merchants hailing primarily from the New England islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island , led by Thomas and Seth Jenkins. They capitalized on Hudson being at

6240-601: Was some of the most complete work of the time, including numerous photographs. In 1918, Heye and his colleagues published a report entitled The Nacoochee Mound In Georgia . Also from 1915 to 1919, the Heye Foundation sponsored a team excavating the James Plott Mound (later referred to as Mound#3) at the Garden Creek site west of Asheville, in Haywood County, North Carolina . The Foundation published

6320-449: Was the founding director of the National Museum of the American Indian (1990–2007). West was strongly criticized in 2007 for having spent $ 250,000 on travel in four years and being away from the museum frequently on overseas travel. This was official travel funded by the Smithsonian, and many within the Native American community offered defenses of West and his tenure. The museum of American Indian has three branches: National Museum of

6400-524: Was withdrawn after New York Secretary of State Randy Daniels determined that the company's plans were inconsistent with New York State's 24 coastal policies. Opponents of the cement project described the ruling as "a colossal relief", and supporters, including the Business Council of New York State, denounced it as "flawed in its logic". Nearly 14,000 public comments were received by the State's Division of Coastal Resources (87% of them opposed to

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