Discusses the artifacts and traditions of Coast Salish Aboriginal people through the presentation of documents, archaeological collections, archival photographs and oral histories.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 18-26
Description
Looks at the strategies of two curators involved in planning the First Peoples Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.
"This paper surveys the reasons why attempts to utilize genetic science in repatriation should be abandoned, and more intensive efforts to use spatial information should be implemented instead."
BC Studies, no. 125/126, Ethnographic Eyes, Spring/Summer, 2000, pp. 163-178
Description
Explores First Nations person's response to the permanent First Peoples exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Museum, in Victoria, B.C. and museum depictions of Aboriginal cultures in general.
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 71-89
Description
Discusses how and why museums have focused on Indigenous collections and displays which assign certain stereotypes and misrepresentations of Native American people.