The stock of the museum’s collection is made up of the “Collection Hotz”, purchased by the City of Zurich in 1961. In our permanent exhibition we try to render a better understanding of the cultural diversity of Indigenous North America. Between the ice of the Arctic North and the sandy deserts of the Southwest, the various Indian, Inuit and Métis groups live under completely different climatic and topographical conditions which, in turn, impact on their ways of life and forms of culture. If we use the blanket term “Indian” to describe all the different tribes, groups, bands, and nations of America, it is just about as unrepresentative and misleading as if we were to exclusively apply the term “European” to denote our own background. In reality, North American cultures display an immense range of cultural diversity, just as Europe does. Or, do you wish to claim that there is no difference between, let’s say, Swedes and Spaniards?