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

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19,323

Video Duration

1 min 51 sec

Creator

National Museum of the American Indian

Uploaded

2009-06-04T13:56:36.000Z

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Native Americans;American Indians

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Entertainment

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National Museum of the American Indian

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