Native American Museum Representation
Representation of Native American tribes in museums is dominated by the culture of oppression and colonization that now wishes to use the artifacts of the people it destroyed to drive patronage at their museums. The representation of native culture has been done by museums that use artifacts that were often acquired through grave robbing and theft as well as artifacts that were acquired well before American society was a space that was welcoming to debate regarding native artifacts. One of the first steps in the right direction was the creation of the National Museum of the American Indian in 1989. It features a striking design that was created by Native American architects and is part of the Smithsonian museum group. It features a few different exhibits that are rotated after a period. The museum's current exhibits are Return to a Native Place: Algonquian Peoples of the Chesapeake and The Great Inka Road: Engineering an Empire....