INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

“The Representation of Indigenous Peoples at the National Museum of the American Indian”



“The Representation of Indigenous Peoples at the National Museum of the American Indian”

Introduction to the representation

Located in downtown Washington D.C., the National Museum of American Indian is part of the Smithsonian Museums that preserve the American Indian culture. “Our Universes” is the exhibition that caught my interest the most. The curator for the “Our Universes” exhibition for the section about “Anishinaabe Indigenous group” struck me there and then. One of the Elders of the Anishinaabe was Mark Thompson, from “Sagkeeng” First Nation in Manitoba. It is ...