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Sunday, August 08, 2004, 19:04

Stunning New Museum Gives Aboriginals a Face in the Modern World

Toronto Star

When the new National Museum of the American Indian opens here on Sept. 21 amid a flurry of drumming, chanting, eagle feathers and sweetgrass ceremonies, it will mark the culmination of a debate that began in Canada in the 1980s over who gets to tell the aboriginal story.

Construction of the museum began five years ago, when the ground was blessed by Chief Billy Tayac, whose Piscataway ancestors lived in the area before the Europeans arrived. Native groups were consulted on every aspect of the museum and its exhibitions — a remarkable act of collaboration. >>continue

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