Material Culture

Book review of: Playing Ourselves by Laura Peers.

Description of negotiations involved in repatriating ceremonial objects seized under the anti-potlatch law and sold to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Museum of Man and the Museum of the American Indian.

American Studies (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2013.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2018.

Symposium held September 24-28, 2007 in Ottawa.

Book review of: Preserving What is Valued by Miriam Clavier.

Discusses underlying principles and provides detailed policies for: human remains, secret or sacred material, collections in general, public and other programs, and staffing, training and financial support. Plain English version of document developed in 1993. Newer versions: Continuous Cultures, Ongoing Responsibilities (2005). First Peoples, Connecting Custodians (2018).

Traces changes in Western attitudes toward the classification of objects and the subsequent evolution of the terminology used to refer to them. Chapter 17 from Handbook of Material Culture edited by Chris Tilley, Webb Keane, Susanne Küchler, Mike Rowlands and Patricia Spyer.

Critique of exhibition held in Paris from September 30, 2008 to January 11, 2009.

Indigenous Nations Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, [2008?]

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2010.

Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2006.

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.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

Reviews 3 books: Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray. Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis. Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]

Book review of: Records of Times Past edited by Isabel McBryde. To access review, scroll down to page 156.

Author argues that litigation, using property as its basis, may be the best avenue for repatriation.

Examines photographs of manikins in the Smithsonian Institution from the 1870s.

Article provides an introduction to the special issue, includes a summary of the papers included and commentary on the reoccurring themes including links between religion and material culture, diversity of Indigenous perspectives, and the connections between worldview, land use, and geomorphology (changes in the natural world resulting from human use).

Comments on the Haida First Nations' repatriation process to return ancestral remains from museum collections.

Article is the Associate Editor of AIQ’s introduction to the journal’s special issue on repatriation. Discusses issues of remains and sacred objects that have been collected, used for research, and stored in museums and other cultural institutions. Discusses the different disciplines that have historically and continue to be party to the collection and repatriation of Indigenous peoples’ material culture and personal remains.

American Indian Studies (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2012.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2010

Discusses author's perspective and experience building an Indigenous-led and -focused museum. Extract from author's presentation at “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together” symposium, March 2017.

Author--who is an anthropologist specializing in Coast Salish culture, a member and chair of the collections committee, and a board member of the Museum--discusses several examples of repatriating objects, and the process of developing a formal policy.

Looks at Australia's involvement in International exhibitions held in Britain and the United States.

Includes links to open access articles, reports, theses, videos, protocols, research, professional organizations, and social media sites.

Book review of: Taxidermic Signs: Reconstructing Aboriginality by Pauline Wakeham.

Book reviews of: Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862 edited by Gary Clayton Anderson, Alan R. Woolworth. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 1. Abstracts of Native Studies, Volume 2 edited by R. C. Annis. Fools Crow by James Welch. The Seminole by Merwyn S. Garbarino. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West by Patricia Nelson Limerick. Southeastern Pomo Ceremonials: The Kuksu Cult and Its Successors by Abraham M.

A comprehensive guide to the First Nations Gallery at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Regina. Includes a variety of historical and anthropological information on First Nations within present day Saskatchewan.

Anthropology of Religions Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Aberdeen, [201-?]

Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.

Website traces the evolution of village life with historical photographs and information selected from Secwepemc Museum and Heritage Park exhibit.

Examines a collection of past performances by James Luna and Guillermo Gómez-Peña.

Curator of Shapeshifting: Transformations in Native American Art, mounted at the Peabody Essex Museum in 2012, speaks about the exhibition. Duration: 27:48.

Social Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massey University, 2000.

Related material: 'We’re a Dreaming Country': Guidelines for Interpretation of Aboriginal Heritage (2012).

Provides information about the potlatch ceremony in British Columbia.

Political Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2015.

Record of the collection complete with photographs.

Discusses totem poles and tourist art and looks at specific miniature wooden and argillite models from the Pitt Museum. Includes photographs.