Site links to more than 1,000 examples of Wisconsin's material heritage from more than 50 historic sites, museums and private individuals. Includes collection of bandolier bags from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
Journal of Museum Ethnography, vol. 8, May 1996, pp. 41-58
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Discusses repatriation request by the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association for articles housed at the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove, Glasgow. Articles included a necklace, moccasins, Sioux cradle and Ghost Shirt.
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn-Winter, 1998, pp. 334-345
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Discusses how The National Museum of the American Indian, in an attempt to develop an exhibit with community involvement and access, sent a selection of 19th Century Navajo blankets to a Navajo reservation in 1995.
Analysis of photographs shows how the project's intent changed over time from stylistic and thematic unity to changes in aesthetic and political attitude.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 543-557
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Comments on the relationship between the site of the National Museum of the American Indian and cultural products on display, arguing that the Museum itself is an object of display.
Discusses the authentic representations of Indigenous peoples and cultures in the film The Revenant and contrasts them to common cinematic stereotypes.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 1, 2010, pp. 117-141
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Investigates youth recreational activities in the northern Ontario community of Wapakeka and notes the activities enjoyed are a mix of Euro-American and Native American games of skill.
American Indian Law Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 1992, pp. 589-637
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Discusses how declarations as a sovereign nation and using established rules of customary international law, will with help the tribe in the return of its cultural property