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Spirited encounters : American Indians protest museum policies and practices /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cooper, Karen Coody
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Museums.
Indians of North America > Material culture.
Indians of North America > Politics and government.
Museums > Management > Moral and ethical aspects.
Museum exhibits > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Repatriation > United States.
Cultural property > Repatriation > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: American Indians, museums, and protest
  • Politics and sponsorship of The spirit sings
  • Display of sacred objects
  • Display of human remains
  • Art confined to a reservation of its own
  • Demands for return of material objects
  • Demands for return of human remains
  • No celebration for Columbus
  • Thanksgiving mourned
  • The Custer chronicles
  • Native cultural sites
  • Transforming museums
  • Conclusion: Achievements gained by protests.