What did I do on my Friday afternoon? Something kind of nice actually! Went to the MSU Museum by myself and just sort of explored :) Got to check out the Susan Applegate Krouse Native American Collection!
Ohhh. Aaah!
The pictures were stunning. Absolutely stunning, really powerful pictures. Although the guy who set up the photos did ask for the people of the tribe to dress up in feathers and traditional headdress and whatnot. But it still comes off very powerful. I stared a while at these pictures and wondered who they really were beyond the stereotypical image. It was a really great experience.
This photo they don't know his name or who he was really. Just a photo. No other information, it is almost haunting in a way to think that someone can disappear into history like that.
This picture is up for debate whether this is a staged home or a real one. Did the photographer make it this way or is this the natural way of the tribe? I guess we'll never really know eh?
To be honest, it was a lot of information to absorb all at once, but I'm glad I went. The Native Americans are a part of our history that we don't know much about at all and the stories they share are probably incredible and something we haven't really heard before. These are not just stereotypical images, these are actual people whose lives transformed and sometimes I truly wish we could see how they were before it became transformed and before the US government tried to erase them from history. I'm glad they've made a comeback, but still.. I wish we could know more.
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