Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America
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- Creator
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Video Title
- Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America
- Description
- "Ramp it Up" celebrates the vibrancy, creativity, and controversy of American Indian skate culture. Skateboarding combines demanding physical exertion with design, graphic art, filmmaking, and music to produce a unique and dynamic culture. The exhibition features rare and archival photographs and film of Native skaters as well as skatedecks from Native companies and contemporary artists. "Ramp It Up: Skateboard Culture in Native America" was shown at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center in New York in 2009–2010 before going on tour. http://nmai.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/item/?id=571
- Views
- 19,516
- Video Duration
- 1 min 51 sec
- Uploaded
- 2009-06-04T13:56:36Z
- Type
- Youtube videos
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- SmithsonianNMAI
- YouTube Channel
- SmithsonianNMAI
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Topic
- Native Americans;American Indians
- Youtube Category
- Entertainment
- Record ID
- yt_635NcjpZJrQ
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