I appreaciate you and your museum's attempts to include members of the First Nation during the Thanksgiving day. First of all I prefer the Canadian term, First Nation instead of Natives. Your exhibition was about "ancestral memories" and the storytelling was scheduled for the Thanksgiving day. The woman's outpouring was suprisingly and obviously not appreaciated by the caller and like-minded people. It is so unfortunate that one has not fully thanked these people yet. Instead one forgets what situation they are in and the fact that they still suffer in their own homeland. Your exhibition intends to present the First Nation in a contemparary light as living, breathing and fully functioning members of the society. It sounds as if it is about animals. Besides, if one wishes to see and understand these honourable people in modern world one should see them in current situation: good and bad... We cannot ignore the past and what is happening to them now. We should admit it. The storytelling event was an opprtunity for them to bring out such issues to life. Can we blame them for it? It is easy to ignore and leave it as this lady did so during the event. The virtue is to think why we let this happen and act upon the reasons. I suggest your museum and others organise similar events more often to bring both communites closer. Unfortunately. the examples of indegenous people involvement for exhbitions are very rare. Should they have any the meaning and view takes a different shape. It becomes more real. We do not allow them to present themselves from their point of view. I believe it is nicer to see them from their eyes. You and the caller disaggre that museums should be used as political platforms. I disagree with both of you. Museum exhibitions are not supposed to be single-minded They should present the facts and the visitor will decide what to make out of it. The storytelling and the reality revealed by the man's wife shoud have been considered part of the exhibition and the event. If your exhibition and the museum in general does not include associated matters it will not cover the whole issue, full picture. We will not do our duty as modern museum professionals. Once Picasso said "Museums are full of lies". I think we should prove him wrong. Funda Pakis MA Museum Studies Manchester/UK