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Greetings. The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington D.C, is planning an exhibition on the subject of “Black Indians” – the shared history between African Americans and Native Americans.
We would like to conduct a qualitative survey that will help us understand people’s insights, opinions and thoughts on this subject, so that our exhibition is informed by community perspectives.
Thank you for your help.
1. Have you heard anything about the Black Indians (shared history between African Americans and Native Americans)? What does this subject mean to you?
2. How would you define the phrase, “Black Indians”? Are you comfortable with this phrase or do you have any other suggestions?
3. Have you heard family and community stories that might relate to this subject?
4. How does this history play out in different cultural expressions – now and in the past?
5. If a child has one parent who identifies herself/himself as African American and another as Native American, how would you categorize that child in terms of race?
6. What is your age, gender and how do you categorize yourself racially?
7. The Smithsonian is planning an exhibition on the subject? What would you like to see in such an exhibition? Where do you think this exhibition needs to be presented?
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Angela Gonzales was an invited participant in the visioning meeting for the development of the exhibition, Shared Identity: Black Indian Experiences in the Americas, at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2007. Other participants included project collaborators from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES). The exhibition is scheduled to open at NMAI in Fall 2008.
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