"HomeSpun: Made in America," a New Smithsonian Project to Showcase Indian American History

[Field, Robin]

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DESI AMERICA: "HomeSpun: Made in America," a New Smithsonian Project to
Showcase Indian American History

News from Washington, D.C., involving one of America's biggest institutions.
From the press release, below:

On Thursday, October 11, 2007, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program
will announce preliminary details of HomeSpun: Made in America, a project to
showcase Indian American history and experience in America. The announcement
marks the beginning of an ambitious project that hopes to establish a permanent
presence within the Smithsonian Institution dedicated to the history,
achievements and contributions of American's rapidly growing Indian American
population. HomeSpun plans to include a national traveling exhibition, related
public programming at the Smithsonian, a dedicated website and a middle school
curriculum guide for the Smithsonian's young visitors. In this exploratory
phase, the Smithsonian plans to engage the Indian American community and others
to gauge support and to solicit input for the project.

There's a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 11, with Franklin Odo, director of
the SI's Asian American Program; political experts Toby Chaudhuri and Parag
Mehta; among others.

[Dr. Pradyumna Chauhan]

Robin,

 

    Thank you for the notice on the Smithsonian Project.

 

    Pradyumna

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