You enter into a large hall covered in images and artifacts representing the ways in which the dominant culture as used American Indian themes in particular, but not exclusively, to obtain economic advantage. It is a sobering phalanx of witness to injustice.
On either side of the hall are two galleries where the aforementioned particular moments are further examined. Images from two of the four.
POCAHONTAS
This gallery focused on the way we think about the life of Pocahontas contrasting the historical record against such appropriations of her life as theatrical reenactments and the recent Disney feature length cartoon.
The TRAIL of TEARS
A major aspect of the design of this gallery was a series of diptychs aligned like the cantilevered bellows of an accordian featuring some of the major voices from the time starting with Thomas Jefferson and stopping with Andrew Jackson.
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