During the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, I had the opportunity to share my story of citizenship. As I showed my Certificate of Citizenship to the audience, I was reminded of why it is one of my most prized possessions.

I came to the United States from Pakistan in 1964 for graduate studies at University of Maryland, College Park.

Social Explorer created custom data maps to tell the story of America’s immigrant heritage for the Smithsonian Folklife Festival On the Move: Migration and Immigration Today.

On November 3, 1885, the Chinese were driven out of Tacoma, Washington.

As a master chef and lover of Basque cuisine, José Andrés shares some of his favorite picks from the Folklife Festival Marketplace.

According to the 2010 census, there are fewer than 100,000 Indonesian Americans, a relatively small number given that Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country. Why do so few Indonesians immigrate to the United States?

Summer in Los Angeles means it’s time to go to as many Japanese American obon gatherings as I can, to join in the dances known as bon odori.

We are honored here at Split This Rock to work with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Our goal as an organization is to call poets to a greater role in public life and foster a national network of socially engaged poets.

Eight months ago, our Ondarre homestead had a pleasant visit from none other than researchers from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.!

Shadow puppetry, like many ancient performance arts, is traditionally used to tell folk stories, literary tales, or religious epics.