west, the emeritus founding of -- founder of this missoni and museum of the nasa goal -- smithsonian museum of the american indian. he serves on the board of directors for the international coalition of sites of conscience. mr. west. >> thank you. i am honored to be here talking with you. i would like to address the subject of memory and in the context of museum by looking through the prism of the national museum of the american indian, where i spent a good deal of my professional career, 20 years. i would like to begin by quoting my first boss at the smithsonian institution, the secretary, robert mccormick adams, a distinction anthropologist. here's what he had to say at the inception of the national museum of the american indian. this is a national museum that takes the permanence, the authenticity, the vitality and the self-determination of native american voices at the fundamental reality it must represent. we move decisively from the older image of the museum as a temple with its superior self-governing priesthood to a forum committed not to the promulgation of received wisdom,