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Quinnetukut: Our Homeland, Our Story
This exhibit follows the 10,000 year long story of Connecticut’s Native American Peoples to their lives and culture today. Discover their stories of survival, ingenuity and spiritual connections to Mother Earth as well as their technological and artistic accomplishments.
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From East to West: Across Our Homelands
Native Peoples' Homelands stretch from coast to coast, across the continent of North America. They are many different peoples, all with a unique cultural identity. Though many changes have occurred since the earliest encounters with European peoples, their communities and cultural traditions have endured. This exhibit celebrates the artistry and enduring individuality of these Native American communities throughout North America.
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the Longhouse Room
The Adelphena Logan Education Room is an indoor re-creation of an Algonkian longhouse, containing both original and replicated artifacts. This exhibit allows visitors to experience the everyday challenges and joys of Native American life before the arrival of Europeans on this continent.
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Digging Into the Past
Did you know that Connecticut contains thousands of archaeological sites spanning 10,000 years? Guided by Archie Ollie Gist, visitors will learn about the impressive archaeological history of the state of Connecticut in the child-friendly exhibit, Digging Into the Past: Archaeology in Connecticut.
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Children's Discovery Room
The Children's Discovery Room is an exhibit designed specifically for kids. An interactive space, the Discovery Room provides a fun and stimulating learning experience, showing visitors what life would have been like for them had they been a Native American living in the Woodlands 600 years ago.
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Reservation House
This exhibit simulates a portion of a small reservation house typical of the homes inhabited by Northeastern Native peoples in the early 1900s. We hope that this exhibit will instill in visitors a more complete understanding of the continuing struggle for survival of indigenous communities living on reservations in the Eastern Woodland region.
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