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