Takes you to museums and historical places to learn about american history. We look at the national debate over the 1830 removal and its impact on southern tribes. The curator leads us through the gallery after an introduction in the americans exhibit. The exhibition is called americans and it is built on a paradox, a riddle. And the paradox is this in 2018 the United States is a country of 230 million people and american indians are perhaps 1 of that population. Most americans live in urban and suburban areas, parts of the country where they never actually see american indians and yet in american daily lives, indian images, place names, advertising, mascots, surround people every single day. So the show is about exploring this strange contradiction of how prevalent american indians are in american life. Really from the earliest memories of americans throughout their lives. And yet somehow it is never noticed very much. Never seems important. The Curator Team decided to call this pheno
The exhibition is built on a paradox, which is this. In 2018, the United States is a country of 320 million, and the american indians are perhaps 1 of that population. Most americans live in urban areas, suburban areas, parts of the country where they never see american indians. And yet in american daily life, indian images, place names, advertising, mascots, surround people every single day. So the show is about exploring this strange contradiction of how prevalent american indians are in american life. Really from the earliest memories of americans throughout their lives. And yet somehow it is never noticed very much. Never seems important. The Curator Team decided to call this phenomenon indians ever where and what is normalizing a very weird phenomenon. We looked and couldnt find any other country in which one ethnic group has been used for so many different purposes for such an extraordinarily long time into the present. So we want to enlarge the discussion beyond the idea of ster