The changing presentation of the American Indian : : museums and native cultures. / / National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.).

• Author: National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
• VerfasserIn: West, W. Richard; Hill, Richard; Ames, Michael M.; Clements, Janice; Maurer, Evan M.; Nason, James D.; Penney, David W.; Wedll, Jocelyn
• TeilnehmendeR: Hill, Richard; Ames, Michael M.; Clements, Janice; Maurer, Evan M.; Nason, James D.; Penney, David W.; Wedll, Jocelyn; National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
• Place / Publishing House: Washington, District of Colombia ;, New York ;, Seattle, [Washington] ;, London, [England] : : National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution :, University of Washington Press,, 2000.; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (119 p.)
• Notes: "National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C., and New York."

In this book, which grew out of a landmark NMAI symposium in 1995, Native and non-Native scholars and museum professionals explore issues concerning the representation of Indians and their cultures by museums in North America. Traditional museum exhibitions of Native American art and culture often represented only the past, ignoring the living Native voice. Today, museums have begun to incorporate the Native perspective in their displays. Even more dramatic is the increasing number of Indian-run museums. These essays explore the relationships being forged between museums and Native communities to create new techniques for presenting Native American culture.

Table of Contents

Cover; Contents; Introduction: A New Idea of Ourselves: The Changing Presentation of the American Indian; Chapter 1 Presenting the American Indian: From Europe to America; Chapter 2 ""Our"" Indians: The Unidimensional Indian in the Disembodied Local Past; Chapter 3 The Poetics of Museum Representations: Tropes of Recent American Indian Art Exhibitions; Chapter 4 The Integration of Traditional Indian Beliefs into the Museum at Warm Springs; Chapter 5 Are Changing Representations of First Peoples in Canadian Museums and Galleries Challenging the Curatorial Prerogative?

Chapter 6 Learn About Our Past to Understand Our Future: The Story of the Mille Lacs Band of OjibweAPPENDICES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z