Native peoples have learned to live within the contradictions of a world that removed, exiled, dispossessed, and disenfranchised "real" Indians while coveting and lionizing their material and spiritual culture. Valued for the stories that lie beneath the surface, these objects represent a glimpse of the art history of native survival. Curated by Rayna Green, Director of the American Indian Program, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

This exhibition was gereously supported by the William B. Jaffe and Evelyn A. J. Hall Fund.