Pequt Museum Research Paper

The goal of this paper is to discuss the Mashantucket Pequot Museums exhibits. I will further discuss how The Pequot tribe represent themselves and the differences between this museum and non-native museum. Before I start, I want to say thank you for this opportunity because it allowed me to see the history of the Pequot tribes in a visual way.
The Museum started with having two canoes and many people on it which I think represent where they were going. Each exhibits has their own explanation of every material that were used and reason for it. For example, the first big exhibits was two canoes which has mostly adult men. Some of them would have their face painted Red, black, white, yellow and other bold colors. Although, it said that it was not a common everyday thing but it signified that Men were going to war. They even mention what the canoes were made of which is chestnut, pine and other sizable tree. The canoes sometime use for going on a long fishing trip and also when they were making it they made it large and added extra protection. The exhibits were definitely …show more content…
It shows that they grow and developed but with a cultural mind set of their ancestor ideas. For example, they highlight the hunting and gathering lives style. They discussed gender roles and how they contributes in the community. For instance, capturing and killing a caribou is only one part of hunting. There is the butchering the meat, process it to save it for later which required special skills. This process also require a lot of people. Even women will be part of the hunt in which they help butchering the meat. It a process of slitting open the animal, so they can take away the organs such as the heart, liver, tongue which is mostly given to the hunters. Also, the removal of the bones and cutting the meat, so it can be easier to