This weekend I went to the High Desert Museum in Bend, #Oregon.
I did not expect it to be so big and fancy. They have a whole wing dedicated to the #Indigenous people of the Plateau tribes.
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This weekend I went to the High Desert Museum in Bend, #Oregon.
I did not expect it to be so big and fancy. They have a whole wing dedicated to the #Indigenous people of the Plateau tribes.
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I was surprised at how thoughtful the High Desert Museum’s presentation was. It was made in collaboration with some prominent plateau families. One of my favorite things the curators did, which I’ve never seen before in a museum, was to include contemporary objects mixed in with displays of ancient practices and artworks.
For example:
In this replica tule mat tipi, there’s a basketball jacket, a camping chair and a sleeping bag, instead of cave man stuff.
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Museums are tricky, especially for a nerdy mixed #Native like me. At their best, they provide rich opportunities to absorb knowledge and beauty while moving through peaceful interior spaces designed to stimulate reflective contemplation.
At their worst, they are prisons for stolen treasures and perpetuate narratives benefiting those in power by, for example, framing Native people as relics of an ancient past instead of as living, contemporary people and cultures.
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