Native American Voices in the Museum: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Enters a New Century
Reclaiming Artifacts Through Oral History
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Clifford Crane
Annette B. Fromom
Description
Reclaiming Artifacts Through Oral History by Clifford Crane discusses strategies of representing Native American cultures in museums.
Native American Voices in the Museum: The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Enters a New Century by Annette B. Fromom examines the importance of involving Native Americans in correctly representing museum artifacts.
Journal of the Canadian Association for Conservation, vol. 23, 1998, pp. 31-35
Description
Case study of co-operation between the Aboriginal community and an institution which holds an ethnographic artifact with sacred or ceremonial associations. Belts were transported by a conservator, used in ceremonies and returned to the museum.