Deadline Extended! Applications now accepted until January 31, 2024. Email us at [email protected] with questions. Application info: naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthr…

In the DC area and still looking for #InternationalMotherLanguageDay plans? Join us for 23 films in 27 languages from 12 regions at the 9th Annual Mother Tongue Film Festival, February 21-24, 2024 across the National Mall, full program now online: mothertongue.si.edu

❤️Do you know your love language❤️?? Or, like us, you just LOVE languages? Join us Feb 21-24 in DC for the 9th Annual Mother Tongue Film Festival and experience 27 languages over 4 days in 23 films. Check out the full schedule and get your tickets now!🎟️mothertongue.si.edu

The Mother Tongue Film Festival is this week! Many showings, including some here at the museum, still have space available. All events are free, and some require registration. Find a full schedule and more info here: s.si.edu/42iF8c0

The 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festival begins!

Today is the last day of the 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festival! Join us for several amazing films showing at multiple venues throughout the day. Mothertongue.si.edu

That’s a wrap! The 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festival concluded last night at the Hirshhorn after a full day of incredible programs at Smithsonian NMNH and Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Thank you to our partners and all who attended, our largest audiences yet! Stay tuned for 2025, our 10 year anniversary!

The deadline for submitting applications to the Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (SIMA) has been extended to March 7, 2024. Held Smithsonian NMNH (June 24 – July 19, 2024) & funded by U.S. National Science Foundation naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthr…

Calling all Indigenous and minoritized language content creators! Our 2024 #LanguageLodge workshop series begins March 12. This free six-week program will help you co-create media with language communities around the world. Learn more: s.si.edu/3Iue9kw #CulturalVitality

“Hózhó... it means harmony.” "Frybread Face and Me," the film that opened the Smithsonian’s 2024 Mother Tongue Film Festival, is the narrative feature debut of writer and director Billy Luther. Read our interview with Luther in Folklife Magazine: s.si.edu/4cFiBLc

UNESCO calls on Indigenous-led media to take part in a global survey to improve media services for Indigenous Peoples worldwide. Available in English, French, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese. Take the survey: bit.ly/46gkyuQ #DecadeOfIndigenousLanguages #IndigenousMedia

We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Call for Community Research Program proposals. Eligibility and application requirements: recoveringvoices.si.edu Applications are accepted Nov 15, 2024 - January 15, 2025. Email us at [email protected] with any questions.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31, 2025!

📷 The countdown is on! In just five weeks, the Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival begins. It will feature ten days of programming Feb 20- March 1, one day for each year of Indigenous films featured since it began in 2015. Mothertongue.si.edu #MotherTongue2025

Are we in D.C., or the tundra?? 🥶 Freezing temps in Washington, D.C., today have us thinking of “The Tundra Within Me,” a film set in Sápmi located in Northern Norway, to be screened at the Smithsonian Mother Tongue Film Festival! 2.20.25-3.1.25 mothertongue.si.edu