Bonus Blog

Yeah, I have the right amount of blogs, but just in case, here is my bonus. National Museum of the American Indian places values on remembrance throughout the entire building. First, the huge lobby, if you look up, it looks like the top of a tee-pee. It was very well done. The architecture, including the wavy outside, existed to show how long the Native American population was there, and it was made in a southern style. The inside was different in that it many of the exhibits including ones about how the Native American’s live now, and how they have to try to preserve their culture while living in this world. For instance, there was an exhibit of a Native American girl’s bedroom with Coke-cola on the shelving and Native American leather clothes on the bed for the girl to wear. The Native Americans must prove they have Native American blood. And the museum tried to bring up their rights and how we have infringed upon them. In the end, it is all about remembrance, from the arrowheads and weapons on display to the giant snowmobile used for fishing. We must remember two things. One we must remember that they exist, and they still are all around us. Second we must remember their past, how they treated this land before us, and what it was like for them. We must preserve their past for their future, and also for our own, because we are now a part of their culture, and they are now a part of ours.