The city has always drawn visitors with its constellation of civic monuments and world-class museums, including the Smithsonian's nearly decade-old National Museum of the American Indian (which, incidentally, has one of the best museum cafes anywhere).

WSJ: Journal Concierge: Insider's Guide to Washington, D.C.

Though historians aren't entirely sure what was served at the first Thanksgiving meal, the chefs at the National Museum of the American Indian have developed a menu reflecting various tribal culinary traditions.

NPR: Indigenous Echoes In A Thanksgiving Feast

Eileen Maxwell, a spokeswoman for the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, said Depp has a tall order to fill if he wants to turn Tonto into a more positive image.

NPR: Will Disney's New Tonto Be Any Better?

The scattershot approach of "Changing Hands, " Biennial-like in displaying only one or a few works by each artist, is counterbalanced by "We Are Here, " now on view at the National Museum of the American Indian's Manhattan branch.

WSJ: Changing Hands | We Are Here! | Native, North American, New | By Lee Rosenbaum

Guest-curated by Ellen Taubman, the former head of Sotheby's American Indian and tribal art department, "Changing Hands" departs from the usual museum surveys of Indian art by focusing solely on work that is innovatively contemporary.

WSJ: Changing Hands | We Are Here! | Native, North American, New | By Lee Rosenbaum