A critical review of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History exhibition on Alutiiq identity and heritage. The argument: community consultation in the planning process doesn't automatically produce community voice in the final product. The anthropological interpretive frame — however carefully built — can crowd out the people whose objects it claims to represent. Written as a graduate seminar paper at GWU, 2003–2004.

Skills: Exhibition criticism · Community representation analysis · Interpretive framework evaluation · Museum studies scholarship · Critical writing