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    The Williamson Museum At NSU holds pieces of the past that is available for everyone to see. Learn about the archaeological finds from northern and central Louisiana donated to museum. Experience the different cultures of over 40 Native American tribes that extended as far as the eastern U.S.

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    The Williamson Museum At NSU holds pieces of the past that is available for everyone to see. Learn about the archaeological finds from northern and central Louisiana donated to museum. Experience the different cultures of over 40 Native American tribes that extended as far as the eastern U.S.

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    RelivingthePastandExperiencingthePresent

    DestinyMcClain,
    dmcclain542078@nsula.edu
    April28,2015

    NATCHITOCHESLearninghistorycanbemore
    thanreadingcountlesspagesofprint.AtNSU,
    historycanbefoundnotinjusttextbooks,butalso
    attheWilliamsonMuseum.
    Learnaboutthearchaeologicalfindsfromnorthern
    andcentralLouisianadonatedtomuseum.
    Experiencethedifferentculturesofover40Native
    Americantribesthatextendedasfarastheeastern
    U.S.TheWilliamsonMuseumatNSUholds
    piecesofthepastthatisavailableforeveryoneto
    see.

    NativeAmericanCulture
    Oneofthemostimportantarchaeological
    collectionsinthesoutheasternU.S.thatwas
    donatedbythelateClarenceH.Webbof
    Shreveport,LouisianaresidesintheWilliamson
    Museum.Thecollectionholdsartifacts
    centralizingaroundtheprehistoricCaddoanperiod
    inLouisiana,Arkansas,Oklahoma,andTexas.
    WithafocusonmaterialsfromtheeasternUnited
    States,themuseumalsoholdstribalcollectionsof
    artifactsfromfortyonesouthernandeastern
    NativeAmericantribe.
    NativeAmericanbasketrythatwashandwovenbytheChoctawTribe
    wasdonatedtotheWilliamsonMuseumtobepreservedforpresent
    andfutureuse.PhotoCredit:DestinyMcClain

    Thevarietyinthesecollectionsnotonlyencouragestudentstolearnmoreaboutthesetribes,butitalso
    givesthemtheopportunitytointeractwiththetribes.Scholars,researchers,andNativeAmerican
    descendantsvisitthemuseumoccasionallytomaintainorrevitalizethetraditionsthatoncewere.
    AtthecoreofthesecollectionsarethosedonatedbythelateMissCarolineDormonandMrs.King
    RandacquiredfromtheChitimachaandKoasatiinthel930s.Additionally,thereistheextensive

    collectiondonatedfromthelateClaudeMedfordJr.,whichwasmadebetweenthe1950sandthe1980s
    thatcontainsmaterialsfromthemajorityofthesouthernandeasternAmericanIndiantribes.Amore
    recentcollectionwasdonatedbyfriendsofClaudeMedford,HaroldandMargeMalmberg.That
    collectiondatesprimarilybetweenthe19701980s.Thislatercollectionalsocontainsfineexamplesof
    ClaudeMedford'sbasketry.

    TheOldWilliamsonMuseum
    TheWilliamsonMuseumwasestablishedin1935inhonorofthelateprofessorGeorge
    WilliamsonasanaturalhistorymuseumfortheLouisianaNormalSchool.Originallyhousedin
    GuardiaHall,themuseumwassoondestroyedin1965inafirethatburnedmosttheChitimacha
    andChoctawbasketrycollectionsandthebuildingitself.
    CurrentNSUprofessor,Dr.PeteGregorywasthe
    curatorforthemuseumatthetime.
    Wehadahugearchaeologicalcollectionbuiltup
    overthepastcoupleofyears,Gregorysaid.It
    wasarealloss.Butwehadtoputthewhole
    collectionbacktogether.
    TheWilliamsonMuseumwasreestablishedin
    1971inKyserHallwiththepresentcollectionsit
    currentlycarriesnow.
    GuardiaHallhousedtheoriginalWilliamsonMuseumandmanyNative
    Americanartifactsprioreverythingbeinglostinthe1965fire.Photo
    Credit:NSU125thAnniversaryBook.

    Wedidntsavealot,Gregorysaid.Mostofthestoneartifactsblewup,anditwasveryhot.Welost
    everything.Sowestartedoverfromscratch.

    WilliamsonMuseumToday
    Since1963,Dr.PeteGregoryhasbeenthecuratoroftheWilliamsonMuseum.Sincethefire,Gregory
    hashelpedreestablishthemuseuminKyserHallalongwithworkingwiththeNSUAnthropological
    Society.
    Alloftheethnographiccollectionshere:baskets,clothes,contemporaryIndianthingsallcamehere
    sincethe1970s,Gregorysaid.

    In1971,theWilliamsonMuseum
    beganholdingBasketDay,itsannual
    AmericanIndiancraftsday,toallow
    tribalartisanstosharetheirartswith
    studentsandthecommunity.This
    way,artisanscansharethepastand
    keepthetraditionoftheirtribesalive
    formanyyearstocome.
    TheWilliamsonMuseumislocated
    onthesecondfloorinKyserHall.
    BasketryisamainshowcaseatBasketDayformanyartisanswhowanttosharetheNative
    Americantraditiontostudentsandthecommunity.PhotoCredit:DestinyMcClain

    Tolearnmoreoraboutthe
    WilliamsonMuseumortoschedule
    avisit,Dr.PeteGregorycanbe
    contactedat3183574364or
    emailedat
    gregoryh@nsula.edu.

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