fandomhigh | American History: Lies Your Other Teachers Told You [Friday, October 3, 2014]

"Not that I expect you to be paying much attention today because break starts this weekend," Josh began with a little smile, "but you still have classes today, and our topic is the fun-filled laugh riot that is most textbooks' accounting of the Native American population in our country." He held up a finger. "Now, it's not an easy thing to look at the history of your country and point and say, 'yeah, right there? We were TOTAL ASSHOLES'. No one ever wants to be the villain in their own story, and the systematic exploitation and extermination of hundreds of tribes over hundreds of years is really not a pretty thing to delve into."

He pointed to the building behind him. "So this week I've taken you the National Museum of the American Indian, where the tribes tell their own stories from their perspective. Our tour will be focused on the Native struggle for survival since their first contact with Europeans. You'll find out how Native cultures have persisted despite the colonization of their homelands, examine treaties between the United States and Indian nations, and explore how international borders continue to affect Native Americans throughout the hemisphere. You'll see modern examples of how Native communities continue to define their places in the world and reflect their unique cultures and identities. Listen. Ask questions. Examine the world from a new perspective. After break we'll get into the debate of how history should be taught to stop ignoring this facet of life here in America--we might even yell about the DC footbal team--but today, have some fun."

He smiled. "And don't miss the cafeteria. It's the best place to eat on the Mall."

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On a field trip!

Which is set up as a series of exhibits devoted to various tribes (who decide themselves what they want displayed) and aims to remind people that Indians aren't just 20 pages in the front of the history books before the real stuff started happening.

Seriously, it's so good. Buffalo chili, Navajo fry bread, South American quinoa salad, plank-roasted salmon from the Northwest.

Om nom nom.

Who's over at the exhibit about the Standing Rock Lakota.

I love this museum.

Flick

Flick could deal with wandering a museum for awhile, sure. Sometimes he spaced out and thought about other things but for the most part, he was there and interested.

You miiiiiiiight want to double check the picture you linked for the museum. I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like Darth Vader on a carousel.

Johnny Storm

IT DOES TOO. MAGICAL PLACE. MAGICAL.

Ahem. Fixed now. Thaaaaank you.

The building isn't structurally sound. That's how we got it to bop up and down like that! It's a great effect and will continue to be until it eventually collapses. Unless the power of the Force can hold it up, at least.

Paddra Nsu-Yeul

Scott McCall

Raven Darkholme

Raven spent a fair amount of time in front of a wall full of household goods from various tribes. It was very neat looking at the children's toys and pottery and things, but . . .

"Why isn't anything labeled?"

Never go to the NMAI with a museum professional.

Or, you know, do, and greatly enjoy yourselves and come back most years, as my sister and I do (usually for artist exhibitions and frybread) -- just be prepared to listen to a rant about proper artifact labelling every single time.

Don't mind Raven, she was over here in a corner with a pile of frybread covered in various fruits and honeys as big as her head.

Cosette Fauchelevent

Gwen Stacy

Jalian d'Arsennette y ken Selvren

Jalian was honestly pretty scornful as they walked in the museum; she knew the Real Indians back home, and they were nothing interesting at all.

That...changed to confusion pretty fast. None of these articles or faces looked anything like the tribe she knew! They were still only mildly interesting - she wasn't terribly into that sort of thing - but...apparently the Real Indians weren't real Indians?

This timeline was so confusing!

Apologies for Jalian - it's actually a thing in her canon that there's the Real Indians at home, and then when she goes back in time she's bemused to learn that they aren't.

Celia Bowen

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