Her audience in Chicago is also different from that of her home state. Montanans generally have more education on Native American histories than many states.

“Right now the exhibition is in Chicago, so we’re speaking to an audience that has a limited experience with Native American people,” she said. “That was hard to navigate. … How do we talk about the Apsáalooke when the general public is still wrapping their minds around the idea that Native Americans are still here, not living in tepees, and actually thriving.”

Even her choice in the exhibit name acknowledges colonial culture superseding indigenous culture.

“Using Apsáalooke rather than Crow is one way to correct the narrative,” she explains. “Because then people have to ask ‘why did they use Apsáalooke?' and then they can say, ‘Crow wasn’t their names for themselves.’ A way to decolonize is for a nation to use their own name for themselves rather than the name that was given by the government.”

Ultimately Sanders is working to refocus history to be inclusive, and to tell different truths to different peoples.