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REGINALD A N D GLADYS LAUBIN

G A L L E R Y O F A M E R I C A N I N D I A N CULTURES

For the indigenous peoples of North and South America, as for many people around the globe, understanding the future requires knowing and remembering the past. In this gallery, titled We Are Living! Causaunchimii discussions of traditional lifeways are balanced with perJ^S%^^^ cf _J*^. ^ k -.«j **\ %s JJiJjf^ ^ / m^a 6 fttf^^

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spectives on cultural endurance, modem life, and issues of identity. A Plains tipi serves as the visual J)F« ^W ^ ! ^A ^W anchor of the North American exhibit, People of the First Nations. The war record of One Bull depicts the Battle of the Little Big Horn from the perspective of an American Indian. In the South American exhibit. Commonafftfes in

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Diversity, artifacts and information about the Canelos Quichua of Ecuador are a model of the vitality and perseverance of indigenous peoples throughout the continent. Among the highlights are pottery of the Canelos Quichua and Shipibo peoples as well as a parrot-feather cape of the Apalai people of Brazil.