Elaines perspective is inclusive of the feeling of interactivity while maintaining the importance of the museum to society as a special place of cultural renewal and reference. I have always understood within the Native American community, a need for special places and structures. A Hopi Kiva is both an elitist location within a pueblo and a community center. A Kwakiutl Big House is both a community-gathering center and a special location for renewing ties to history and clan inheritance. Museums are one of the repositories of civilization and should always be special in the elite way that a Navajo hogan can be during a ceremony. The museum needs to be uplifting just as Native American ceremonial centers are. The upliftment is for the community and Elaine's thoughts are a good basis for approaching both the special aspect and the popular center that a museum can represent. Paul Apodaca [log in to unmask]