Ceremonial tobacco grows (left), along with corn, squash, peppers, and other native plants, in the integrated landscape of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall. U.S. Capitol in the background. I love the juxtaposition of the organic and the formal in this shot, with its suggestion of the long struggle of Native Americans with our government; and, not least, the achievement of securing this spot on the Mall for their museum and cultural center. June 17, 2007.
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