Indians

What a brilliant picture! I must first compliment Erin in her idea for the shot. Secondly I must point out that, in my opinion, both depictions of Native Americans is incorrect. The Redskins football team has a derogatory name and shows a very stereotypical drawing of a Native American.
The museum was built as a tribute to Native Americans, yet is just as incorrect and offensive. The museum, though it contains beautiful art, artifacts, and remnants of Nativa American culture, it omits some of the most brutal, yet important aspects of Native American history. The museum conveniently leaves out the numerous accounts of American repression and ruthless cruelty toward the Native American peoples. Even though I am not of Native American decent, I am personally offended that the creators of the museum could so intentionally left out a very defining part of Native American history. I say it is defining because the history of Native Americans, at least as far back as written documentation, has been shaped most violently by European settlers who soon developed into the America we call home. Native American peoples have suffered endless Supreme Court Case loses, brutal attacks, and stripping of rights. I am surprised the museum has gotten away with its silence on the subject for so long. It is as if the museum is determined to blatantly lie to the children and other visitors to the museum, looking to avoid marring the American image. Then again, it may be best to avoid sharing the stories of American evils toward the Native American tribes with children, because unlike the bad guys in fairytales, there is not hero that has sent the evils away, righted all the wrongs and saved the day. Who wants to tell their kid that the American dream they spend their afternoons thinking about is tainted by the red blood of Native American peoples.
There is no difference in the two depictions of Indians in the picture. Both are politically and morally incorrect.