This is a contested topic; a lot of people including activists do in fact call themselves by a tribal designation (Lakota, Annishnabee, etc), and then also use 'American Indian' or just 'Indian' as the generic term. Some discussions can be found here:
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nc-american-indians/5526
http://www.allthingscherokee.com/articles_culture_events_070101.html
http://compusci.com/indian/
In the case of this exhibition, given the debate about terminology, that Catlin's used the term 'Indian', and that the description of the exhibition also uses the term 'Native American' (suggesting to me that neither term is 'correct'), I don't see a problem.
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Diana Paton
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Black and Asian Studies Association
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>Subject: Re: American Indian Images: Making and Breaking George Catlin's
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>It seems to me that being called the 'Native American peoples' makes
>more sense and also unites peoples.
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