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What comes to your mind when you think of the word “Indian”? It was first applied to Indigenous peoples of America when Columbus mistakenly considered them as residents of India after arriving in North America in 1492. It was later used as a common term to encompass people from many tribes. There are more than 570 recognized tribes in the continental United States alone. The fragmentary images triggered by the term Indian cannot encompass this deep and rich range of cultures. In this exhibition, we refer to the various tribes of North America as “Indigenous peoples,” meaning peoples who have lived on this land for ages. The exhibition introduces 151 items of craftworks, paintings, and photographs that reflect both the past and present of Indigenous peoples in North America. We invite you to take a second look at the people whom you may have known as Indians and experience their culture without preconceptions.