User talk:Gryphonheart13/Field Museum of Natural History

ANTH 420 Wiki Project

I added an image of totem poles featured in the Peoples of the Arctic and Northwest Coast exhibit.

I created a subsection on the Africa cultural hall and linked to three different Wikipedia articles: Sahara, East African rift valley, and the slave trade.

I added six links to the Peoples of the Arctic and Pacific Northwest and Regenstein Halls of the Pacific subsections. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gryphonheart13 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 11 April 2023 (UTC)

E11 Changes

I added the Africa subsection and wrote a paragraph describing the exhibit.

I hyperlinked to five different Wikipedia articles: ethnographic, Sahara, East African rift, African diaspora, and slave trade.

I used two references for this edit: Demissie, Fassil; Apter, Andrew [exhibit review] and Welsch, Robert [peer reviewed journal] Gryphonheart13 (talk) 17:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

WA3 Changes

I added a few sentences and a reference -- Swyers [journal] -- to the Ancient Americas section.

I created a subsection titled "People of the Arctic and Pacific Northwest and added a paragraph with one reference (Lupton) and three hyperlinks.

I created a subsection titled "Regenstein Halls of the Pacific" and added a paragraph. The paragraph includes three hyperlinks and three references: Kaeppler [exhibit review], Welsch [journal], and Kahn [journal]

I added an image of a totem pole to the Peoples of the Arctic and Pacific Northwest subsection. Gryphonheart13 (talk) 18:33, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

E9 Changes

I added a paragraph with three hyperlinks to the Cultural Halls Section. I used two references: Kuta [magazine] and Lupton [exhibit review] Gryphonheart13 (talk) 20:23, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

WA4 Changes

I added a paragraph to the Ancient Americas section and cited four peer-reviewed sources.

I added a sentence to the Peoples of the Arctic and Pacific Northwest sub-section that cited a peer-reviewed source.

I created the Cyrus Tang Hall of China subsection and cited two sources. One of them was peer-reviewed.

I created the Native Truths: Our Voices. Our Stories subsection and cited two sources. One of them was peer-reviewed.

I uploaded and inserted four images related to the cultural halls: an Aztec sunstone, a Yoruba mask, a statue of Wei Tuo, and the Maori Meeting House displayed at the FMNH. Gryphonheart13 (talk) 18:02, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Suggestions for Future Improvement

There is still a lot of room for improvement in this article. If I were to continue the project, I would  add more details and relevant images to the remaining Permanent Exhibits subsections. Also, the History section is lacking in information and fails to acknowledge the FMNH's racially biased origins. To ensure equal representation, I would include the FMNH's stance towards Indigenous peoples during the early 1900s and how it impacted the Museum’s interpretation. Gryphonheart13 (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2023 (UTC)