North and South America.
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>From: Claudio G�mez <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Oct 16, 2006 6:32 PM
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>Subject: Re: Finally got to see the National Museum of the American Indian
>
>Sorry for asking, but which two continents?
>
>Claudio
>
>> Deb,
>> I could be wrong here, and I haven't made it there yet, but as I
>> understand it, they rotate the features on tribes. It will take a long
>> time to get to all of them, and isn't better not to have a lot of little
>> junk (here is a basket from the Utes, here is an arrow from the Apache)
>> and focus on individual tribes? As I understand it, tribes have input on
>> displays, so what you may want (such as refuting Disney's stereotypes)
>> may not be what the tribes wanted. As to it being disjointed, how do you
>> have a common theme on over 500 tribes on two continents? I have talked
>> to the museum store people, and they are trying to buy from Indian
>> artists across the country, and I know artist who are represented there.
>> So it is an opportunity to buy authenticate art as well as shameless
>> commerce. Where they do excel is when they bring in folks from around
>> the country to share cultural activities. I had a hand in arranging to
>> send potters and stomp dancers to D.C., and I know others who have
>> been asked to go.
>>
>> Comparing to how we were treated in the past, it is a big step forward,
>> but you are right, there is room for improvement.
>>
>> Rick Fields
>> Citizen, Cherokee Nation
>>
>>
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>Claudio G�mez
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