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The development involved meetings with Indigenous leaders, the First Peoples Cultural Council board and community advisers and the language champions to get their ideas and direction for the exhibit. It meant working with museum staff and FPCC staff. It meant describing one world to the other world, lots of talk and explaining to come to shared ideas. Working through frustrations and misunderstandings. It took the masterful leadership by both Lohman and Tracey Herbert at FPCC to make the Living Languages a success; it was the first of its kind in North America. This as an example; there are many other initiatives that Lohman led to create change. It does take leadership to make the changes and shifts in attitude and practice to counter the racism, sexism and colonial attitudes established in all our institutions.