Hi Janice,

There is a difference, as you seem to acknowledge by your prefatory
statement.  ;-)

The museum at which you work is a museum devoted to American Indian
culture; therefore, the museum ought to present information about
American Indian culture from the American Indian perspective.  No?

Nobody is stopping Christian organizations from founding museums about
the "myth" of dinosaurs, evolution, etc. to proliferate the Christian
perspective on these issues.  I don't consider this option to be
sinister.  (My suspicion is that Patrick wouldn't find this option
sinister either.)

Sincerely,
Jay Heuman
Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE, 68102
342-3300 (telephone)   342-2376 (fax)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Janice Klein
> Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 12:18 pm
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Biblically/Politically Correct Tours
>
>
> (I know I shouldn't do this, really I do)
>
> I can't say that I find it terribly sinister when the Native
> American groups expect that we will represent their creation
> stories in as straightforward and non-biased way as we
> represent scientists' creation stories.   Just because the
> former has great turtles and holes in the sky and the latter
> includes an ape-like creature named Lucy and a mythological
> land bridge between Asia and North America...
>
> Janice Klein
> Director, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Kendall College
> [log in to unmask]
> www.mitchellmuseum.org

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