I grew up in Florida and started school around 1989. We were exposed to a lot of indian culture all throughout my grade school years.. In fact we were the "Indians". I remember Indians visiting our school as early as 3rd-4th grade as a cultural learning opportunity. We also learned about the trail of tears, the reservations, and yes we saw the exhibits.

I find this a bit of a shame as I really enjoyed those dioramas myself as a kid. I'm not sure anyone would argue that the Indians did not have an "ancient" way of life when the Europeans came.. To me this feels like just pushing the fact that we destroyed their way of life under the rug.