Naamiwan's drum : the story of a contested repatriaton of Anishinaabe artefacts /

Naamiwan's Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty other artifacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years...

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Main Author:	Matthews, Maureen Anne, 1949- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Subjects:	University of Winnipeg. > Anthropology Museum > Case studies. Manitoba Museum > Case studies. Ojibwa Indians > Museums > Manitoba > Case studies. Ojibwa Indians > Manitoba > Antiquities > Case studies. Ojibwa Indians > Material culture > Manitoba > Case studies. Museums > Acquisitions > Manitoba > Case studies. Museums and Indians > Manitoba > Case studies. Cultural property > Repatriation > Manitoba > Case studies. Cultural property > Protection > Manitoba > Case studies. Drum > Manitoba > Case studies. Manitoba > Antiquities > Case studies.

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Summary:	Naamiwan's Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty other artifacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years passed before the drum was returned to the family and only half of the artifacts were ever returned to the museum.
Physical Description:	xi, 325 pages, 8 pages of color plates : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781442650152 (cloth) 144265015X (cloth) 9781442628267 (paper) 144262826X (paper)