"Vancouver, B.C., has its museum of anthropology, but where near downtown Seattle, the largest metropolitan city in the nation named after an American Indian, does the city showcase its native residents and roots? Advocates for a Northwest Native Cultural Center at the Fun Forest site at Seattle Center are backing a $3.6 million plan they say would fill that need. It would turn the existing Arcade Pavilion into a longhouse with a native-plant teaching garden, a cafe featuring native foods, a performance space and gallery featuring native-made art."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2012795353_native03m.html
This is a good idea. It will be interesting to see if this happens. If it does, will it collect collect input from various tribes and be something other than a feel-good tourist attraction?
Friday, September 3, 2010
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