Virginia Postrel: As a member of the Village People donates his gold disc to the Smithsonian NMAI, Postrel notes that "Rose's story is a great example of the unpredictable ways in which American culture actually evolves. Any true representation of that culture, including the lives of American Indians, has to include just such quirky stories, and the artifacts that represent them." Absolutely, and this donation has far greater and more positive cultural reasonance than a roomful of costumed toffs.