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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York will be the final stop for the first large-scale traveling exhibition of contemporary Native American fashion. “Native Fashion Now” goes on view Feb. 17, 2017
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         Related Content      Final Stop of “Native Fashion Now” Exhibition Arrives at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York  12.19.2016News ReleaseNational Museum of the American Indian in New York Presents Spring Fashion Events  03.03.2017News Release      Media      -    Nate Francis/Unék Photography Native Fashion Now
Orlando Dugi (Diné [Navajo]), cape, dress, and headdress from "Desert Heat" collection, 2012. Silk, organza, feathers, beads, and 24k gold; feathers, beads, and silver; porcupine quills and feathers.
 
-    Thosh CollinsNative Fashion Now
Jared Yazzie (Diné [Navajo]) for OxDx, *Native Americans Discovered Columbus t-shirt*, 2012. Cotton. Gift of Karen Kramer. Peabody Essex Museum, 2015.11.4.

Photo by Thosh Collins.
 
-    Greg HallNative Fashion Now
Margaret Roach Wheeler (Chickasaw) for Mahota Handwovens, *The Messenger (The Owl)* cape and headpiece, from the Mahotan Collection, 2014. Silk-wool yarn; silk-wool yarn, metal, silver, glass beads, and peacock feathers.

Courtesy of the designer. Photo by Greg Hall.
 
-    Walter SilverNative Fashion Now
Jamie Okuma (Luiseño and Shoshone-Bannock), boots, 2013–14. Glass beads on boots designed by Christian Louboutin. Museum commission with support from Katrina Carye, John Curuby, Karen Keane and Dan Elias, Cynthia Gardner, Merry Glosband, and Steve and Ellen Hoffman.
 
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