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First Nations in the Canadian Rockies

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A large graphic of one of Peter Whyte's paintings and Walking Buffalo's regalia worn on his world tour are the features in this area of the Gateway exhibition Listen to Michale Lang (Executive Director, Whyte Museum), discussing The First Nations exhibition: The First peoples have been hunting and camping in the Canadian Rockies for over 11,000 years. They left a delicate footprint on the land, discovered by archaeologists only within the past 30 years. The story of First Nations people is just one of the many stories in the new Gateway to the Rockies exhibition being developed by the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. We want your input and feedback on this permanent (ten year life) exhibition that we are planning to open at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies in the spring of 2012. Tell us what you think of this and the other concepts and stories featured here. Let us know how you think we could make this exhibition more interesting. Please keep...