Trip to Eteljorg Museum

                       The Eteljorg Museum is a museum that displays artifacts, and the history of Native American culture. We, as the "No Place like Home" TlC, were given the opportunity to tour this museum.
            The thought of touring a museum was somewhat kind of disappointing for me because I expected to be bored with the idea. I entered the place, not exactly with an open mind, and because I expected to become bored, I wasn't expecting to learn from this opportunity. I also expected, to see only what I already knew. But then seeing things I didn't expect to see intrigued me.
          I felt intrigued because growing up, I only knew about Native American culture what I had already seen, or what I was previously taught, and I had never ventured to learn beyond that point. After becoming intrigued with what I saw, I became interested, and then was able to learn new things. For example, I always thought of Native Americans as people who wore mohawks, carried bows and arrows, and had body paintings and piercings. I believed that this kind of culture, has a big impact on culture today, here in Indiana. Although Im not exactly sure if this impact is for the same cultural reasons, there are plenty of people that "rock" the mohawk, or have multiple piercings, and tatoos. I aslo learned in the museum, that there are other Native Americans, than just those I previously discussed, that have very different customs and beliefs.
             After being given this opportunity, I've learned to always be open-minded to new things because I might actually learn something not only about the topic, but something about myself, and to take opportunities to develop better understandings of things.