New Human Rights Museum a Monument to Contradiction
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bruce McIvor
[Cornelius Wabasse
Erwin Redsky
Cathy Merrick]
Description
Topics include the implications of the Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions, duty to consult, provincial treaty obligations, and proposed federal land claims policy.
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.
Guide developed for individuals and groups requesting return of things such as human remains, funerary and sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony from the collections housed in the National Museum of the American Indian.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 1, 2014, pp. 151-169
Description
Discusses how use of poisonous preservatives in past conservation and curatorial practices have rendered objects hazardous to human health, thereby preventing their use in ceremonies. Communities are left with the responsibility of determining the chemicals used and mitigating their effects.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, Historical Trauma, June 2014, pp. 339-369
Description
Looks at narratives outside of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission, such as oral histories and Inuit art and film, for aspects of the colonial trauma and the impacts of history.