Oct 18 2007
Indian Museum
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For Leonard Crow Dog, Archie Lame Deer and other “Viral Deviants” living and dead.
“We shall live again,” Patti Smith, “Ghost Dance”
By Adam Engel
10/18/07
“Welcome to Indian Museum, where villains, Viral Deviants (VDs) and Terrorists of the past are preserved for your enlightenment,” said our Guide.
The Guide, tall, serious, had silver hair; his gray eyes gleamed like sun-lit steel. He wore the deep blue uniform of Indian Museum, fashioned after the uniforms worn by soldiers of The Nation more than a century ago, when the West was won.
“The Indians were fierce, alright. Real tough customers. But what force can withstand the righteous anger of The Nation?” said The Guide. “The Indians were extinguished so that The Nation might thrive.”
The Guide explained how Indians could not adapt to the Destiny of The Nation and thus were eliminated for the benefit of all.
“But The City, and indeed The Nation, must preserve its history. The Indians are preserved for posterity in these exquisite glass cases, courtesy of Tree of Knowledge Incorporated (TKI) Technologies.”
Miniature glass coffins. Indians in suits and dresses like ordinary Citizens. Babes enfolded in their mothers’ arms. Indians like dolls, averaging a foot in length, preserved for posterity and beyond.
