The pieces shown in this exhibition were part of the French royal collections, they were gathered during the 17th and 18th centuries by explorers, officers, traders and missionaries. Costumes, ornaments, weapons, and tools : the exhibition puts the emphasis on the originality of the Naskapi, Mi 'kmaq, Huron, Mohawk and Ojibwa creations and raises awareness about the changes that the  Indigenous peoples of North America were faced with after the European invasion.