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From conquest to casinos in eyes of Indians

If the new National Museum of the American Indian confined itself to such displays as its impressive collections of Seminole, Shoshone and Hopi kachina dolls, or North American peace pipes and tomahawks, it would differ little from other major museums that tend to treat Indian culture as anthropological history, a relic of the past.

Instead, the Smithsonian Institution's 18th and newest museum -- which opened Tuesday on the last major parcel of land on the 200-acre National Mall -- is very much a place of a living, varied culture.>>>

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