Personal Reaction : Bill Reid Gallery

Since I came to Vancouver, I have studied a lot about the first nations at the ELI, and been to the Museum of Anthropology for several times. When I go there, I see totem poles, the Raven, and the paints every time, so I have learned what these are for, why the first nations made them, and so on; for example, the totem poles are a symbol of a family. This time, I went to Bill Reid Gallery, which was another place about the first nations. Bill Reid is an artist who made many sculptures and exhibitions about the first nations. Since almost all exhibitions were similar to the exhibitions I saw before, I didn't find a new interesting thing. But I was surprised that Nathan had a lot of knowledge about the first nations and Bill Reid!! He told us that Bill made some of the exhibitions but not all of them. In fact, he asked some non-first nation to make it. The story was funny and interesting for me.