1. Cultural Sensitivity

2. What is cultural sensitivity?
Cultural sensitivity is being aware that cultural differences and similarities between people exist without assigning them a value – positive or negative, better or worse, right or wrong.

3. Keep these things in mind:
We are going beyond “not offending” people; we want all visitors to feel welcome at the Museum.
Training is a safe space where you are free to ask questions about if something is offensive.

4. Don’t point out differences within the group
NO: Does anyone need to use the elevator?
YES: I’m going to use the stairs. If anyone would like to use the elevator, it is on our right.

5. Don’t make assumptions
NO: Tell a parent you want to visit the Museum.
YES: Tell a grown up you want to visit the Museum.
NO: When we travel a great distance, we often use an airplane.
YES: Today, some people use an airplane when traveling a great distance.

6. Person-first nomenclature
NO: A wheelchair-bound person
YES: A person that uses a wheelchair

7. Us vs. Them Dynamic
NO: We follow Christianity while Native Americans have a different set of religious beliefs.
YES: Here are 3 members of the Laguna Pueblo practicing for a ceremony as part of their religious beliefs.
Laguna Eagle Dancers, Lee Marmon, 1949

8. Preferred terms
NO: Costume
YES: Regalia, Outfit

9. Recognizing multiple narratives and perspectives
The Alamo
Fish Shows- Apsaroke, Edward Curtis, 1910
Departure: Braceros Departing Mexico City for California, Carlos Francisco Jackson, 2009

10. Living, dynamic cultures
Ryan Singer (Navajo) at Yanaguana Indian Arts Market
Karis Jackson (Crow/Hidatsa/Arikara), gauntlets

11. Be proactive about being culturally inclusive
Culture
Gender
Traditional vs. Modern
(B) - not a quota - overcoming tacit biases

12. Stereotypes & Cultural Appropriation

13. Headdresses

14. American Indians
European Americans

15. Resources Online Nonprofits with Balls Museum Hue
Native Appropriations
Books
Do All Indians Live in Tipis
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