Michael Johnson
W-131
Reflection
The Eiteljorg Museum was an experience that many will never get to fulfill. Granted, it’s not necessarily though most entertaining place, but it gives you a hint of what our past was like and who inhabited America before we did. I have to admit, it appeals more to the older people of America but anyone that want to know our history should definitely give it a try.
It shows who the Indiana Indians were and what all of the tribes were actually like. It showed how some of the Indians were even in the US army. A lot of people may expect the museum to be fairly boring but it’s really not. There are plenty of neat objects like Tomahawks and Teepee’s to look at. Not to mention there’s more than enough graphic pictures to keep us entertained.
This is a great place and very valuable. Any and every citizen of Indianapolis should come here. It gives a great deal of information about every single tribe that lived where we live now. A lot of the information is actually interesting too like how their religious views were. They were nomadic people that believed in spirits, not one God. You also learn about how technologically advanced they were. And I say this in a way in which was technological for them. They had learned how to create canoes to go across rivers, they learned how to adequately live off of the environment and use the bones of their preys as weapons. They had houses, simple yet still a house, traps for killing animals, and many different kinds of poisons that they got off of the land. These are things that everyone should learn about because this is where we got some of our ideas, like corn for instance.
I can personally understand how this differs from going to the movies or hanging out with your friends at the mall, but I encourage everyone to take a day off and visit this museum. It’s a great place to relax and just enjoy what there is to offer.
do you think that going to this museum would be better with a group? or do you think you will gain more knowledge if you were to go by yourself?
ReplyDeleteI really like that you enjoyed the museum. Based on the few other blogs I read from your class it seems like most people thought it was going to be horrible and ended up saying it was alright. To me, knowing about your past is very important and not enough people our age value that.
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