The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Tillicum Village excursion and Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center of Seattle are institutions that are vastly different in their designs, missions and intentions. The Burke Museum, while making progressive changes towards greater inclusion of Native voices requires improvement in greater understanding and sympathy for issues of repatriation. For Tillicum Village, a focus toward education rather than entertainment would combat the cultural commodification that occurs at the site. For the Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center, an acknowledgment of legal tribal status would allow for their appeals for repatriation and a sense of recognition as a community. Comparing and contrasting a conventional
