Spirited Encounters

American Indians Protest Museum Policies and Practices

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Native American Studies, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions
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Author: Karen Coody Cooper ISBN: 9780759113541
Publisher: AltaMira Press Publication: December 7, 2007
Imprint: AltaMira Press Language: English
Author: Karen Coody Cooper
ISBN: 9780759113541
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication: December 7, 2007
Imprint: AltaMira Press
Language: English

During the twentieth century, dozens of protests, large and small, occurred across North America as American Indians asserted their anger and displayed their disappointment regarding traditional museum behaviors. In response, due to public embarrassment and an awakening of sensitivities, museums began to change their methods and, additionally, laws were enacted in support of American Indian requests for change. The result is that American museums have revised their long-held practices due to American Indian protests. Spirited Encounters provides a foundation for understanding museums and looks at their development to present time, examines how museums collect Native materials, and explores protest as a fully American process of addressing grievances. Now that museums and American Indians are working together in the processes of repatriation, this book can help each side understand the other more fully.

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During the twentieth century, dozens of protests, large and small, occurred across North America as American Indians asserted their anger and displayed their disappointment regarding traditional museum behaviors. In response, due to public embarrassment and an awakening of sensitivities, museums began to change their methods and, additionally, laws were enacted in support of American Indian requests for change. The result is that American museums have revised their long-held practices due to American Indian protests. Spirited Encounters provides a foundation for understanding museums and looks at their development to present time, examines how museums collect Native materials, and explores protest as a fully American process of addressing grievances. Now that museums and American Indians are working together in the processes of repatriation, this book can help each side understand the other more fully.

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