Change & Continuity
The Hall of the North American Indian
Diverse North American cultures are explored through the items created by Indigenous people in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Hall of North American Indian considers historical interactions between Indigenous and European communities after the sixteenth century, a period of profound social change in North America.
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Ongoing exhibitionThe Hall of North American Indian illustrates the diversity of North American Indian cultures. Opened in 1990, the exhibition considers the historic interactions between Indigenous peoples of North America and Europeans from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries up to 1990. Organized into culture areas by geographic region, visitors begin in the Northeast and wind their way through the Southeast; Southwest; California; Plateau; Northwest Coast; Arctic; and Subarctic. |
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This exhibition hall is now over thirty years old. Since the time that the Hall opened, museums have also undergone significant changes regarding accountability to descendant communities, including a more collaborative model of representation. As you walk through the North American galleries, you will see this more collaborative approach taken in The Legacy of Penobscot Canoes. More recently, items have been removed from display to align with the Peabody’s commitment to Ethical Stewardship and guidance on the NAGPRA Duty of Care requirement. Watch an exhibit video about returning totem poles to the Tlingit people in Alaska. The Peabody Museum commissioned new Tlingit totem poles now on view in Change & Continuity. Film by by Wen-Jie Qin. |
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