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. useum f ascinatin2 Remember Doctor Who and tlie "So. whaC we try to do is to re- "It's a difficult abibit to pu& • lllllctllllill that looked like a tele- create a neutral Iroquoian village, getber, because we don't want to be Im? Well, Brantford has · a before the arrival of the white accused of glorifying war. But we Jlllldiltl that loolcs like a school, but man.,, . want to put it in a c:u1tw'al penpec- Nlllly a time tunnel. On the wall, surrounding the tive. We're asking, what makes us 'ftle time tunnel· takes people sculptures, is a munl painting of a respond to war?" to the days before Europeans woman ~ ~ clay pot. On the In the past, some people have ~ cm the continent. and catties around IS an artifact - a broken found some exhibits "shocking " Jllem lorward again. clay pot, like the ones unearthed said Mr. Hill. But he doesn't apoio- W... people walk out of the from arcbeological digs. gize for that. oodland 1ndian Culturat Education Indian artifacts and clothing 1ometimes, ,- line to lbock emtn, tbeY leave with a different changed because of the _influence of ~ into a reaction. When there's ~ - they have seen the European technology, said Mr. Hill. a negative reaction, YOJI know -,rid thtGugb the eyes of North "But there wasn't a sudden you're touching a sensitive nerve." American Indians. ~- It was a ~· evolution- Museums, as western society Before the existence of the ary kind of chanp. · pen:el.-es them, are somewhat for- \vaoclland Centre the history and Clothing bad fancier beadwork. eign to traditional lDdiaa cultures ,ortrayal or~ people was docu- New materials ~ used. But in the Mr. Hill said. In westent society: .;JDlllted by non-natives. tools and clothing, there were museums are often "temples of "It's always been white anthro- = touches of tradition. "'lbe treasures" from foreign countries. ~ and white archeologists • e ~dapted the ~ a:naten~ to "That whole notion df a museum have said what Indians are swt their own needs, smd Mr. Hill. is a little foreign to • -comm~ , " sa\ci Tom Hill, museum di- 'lbe historical artifacts - pieces ties," he said. rector at the centre. of the past - *!W the Tndian people "But in ttle tradition.al our com- ·~ of the nice tbindB about always met foreip cultures "nation munity we llave always 111d m putting an exhibit together ~ at to na~.,, . seum roles. We've always bad the Woodland ii we can ten our story .. Indiana ,.vae~ed th~v~ ~ keepers who were l'NpO'ISible . to fnin our perspective to the masses. an entity, said Mr. ~. stall the preservation of rituals and arti- "'lt's not that we take liberty very much a part of Bntish '8rtb facts." · with bistorlcal fact. We can't create America, but very distinct." •L • • fiction," he said. "But we try to In~~ there is a "rich- What mr. Hill bas '!'1ed to do_ at make the museum an extension of ness" that couldJonly evolve ft-om the W~ centre _as "combme our community, so if there is any the meeting of ~o different cul- that~ t'Ole with Che West- bias, it would be from our point of tures. It's , something that bas made eral've tri~ed.., to bi~t' ~ .. ~ 1 ~- • " Canada unique. a • ......, medium." .aew. - Right l)QW, the museum is being "It's something I'm proud of and The Woodland Centre was fbrm. transformed. Renovations started in all Canadians should be proud of," t!d In 1972. Its area or responsibility l9M to create the "time tunnel" said Mr. Hill. stretches from Orillia to Belleville . e,rect. One area of the museum is U9ed through to Brantford and London. ' Gradually, recorded sounds are for rotating displays to deal with Six Indian reserves support tJie being added to pictures, paintings issues relevant to people today. cent~, including Sb Nations, New ancl sculptlR'es In an effort. to bring Last year, an exhibit in the Crecht, Gibson, Oneida, Moravian tbe mmeum displays to life. space was called Keepers of Our and 1'JeP.cliA181, - . . The total transformation, includ- Culture. The exhibit looked at the Mr. Hill iiid: "The biggest diffl. iQg a $300,000 addition to the front ~ signif'acaat role women played In In- ·cu1ty ~ experience here at Wodd- ·:u.e awseum, should be complete · villages. landi is one of gqraphy - bow to neirSiiiftl. 'lbe addition will mate ~ Mr. HDI: '"Ibey were tbe make the museum relevant ta all =:..,.~ look less like a school 'Ibey were the maken, the these reserve communities." - · ones wl.D carried on the . traditions. wi. new materials eame tn,ai Sculptures of an old woman and U it ••'t· for them, we would not arcbeologjal sites, ....,_materials a J111111 lloy dresaed in animal bides have the culture uists '*·" · becomf the property of respec:twe .-- in the ftnt stop through the One of the mubitiaas coming in band COlm,:ls ml are pqt on per- °"ti,me lulmel" corridors of the mu- late Se~ is called Warriors. manent loan to the muaeuia.~-- 1111 IIDeD of smoke bas been Made up ot war memorlbllia, archi- to the display to Qlake the val pbotoaraphy, documen'8, works ln9N,MII' a campftre, men realis- of art IDil film, this ablbitlon will =~w::..~= '°*