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Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture, Chip Colwell
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- Summary
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- "A fascinating account of both the historical and current struggle of Native Americans to recover sacred objects that have been plundered and sold to museums. Museum curator and anthropologist Chip Colwell asks the all-important question: Who owns the past? Museums that care for the objects of history or the communities whose ancestors made them?"--Provided by the publisher
- "Who owns the past and the objects that physically connect us to history? And who has the right to decide this ownership, particularly when the objects are sacred or, in the case of skeletal remains, human? Is it the museums that care for the objects or the communities whose ancestors made them? These questions are at the heart of Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits, an unflinching insider account by a leading curator who has spent years learning how to balance these controversial considerations. Five decades ago, Native American leaders launched a crusade to force museums to return their sacred objects and allow them to rebury their kin. Today, hundreds of tribes use the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to help them recover their looted heritage from museums across the country. As senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Chip Colwell has navigated firsthand the questions of how to weigh the religious freedom of Native Americans against the academic freedom of scientists and whether the emptying of museum shelves elevates human rights or destroys a common heritage. This book offers his personal account of the process of repatriation, following the trail of four objects as they were created, collected, and ultimately returned to their sources: a sculpture that is a living god, the scalp of a massacre victim, a ceremonial blanket, and a skeleton from a tribe considered by some to be extinct. These specific stories reveal a dramatic process that involves not merely obeying the law, but negotiating the blurry lines between identity and morality, spirituality and politics. Things, like people, have biographies. Repatriation, Colwell argues, is a difficult but vitally important way for museums and tribes to acknowledge that fact--and heal the wounds of the past while creating a respectful approach to caring for these rich artifacts of history."--Publisher's description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 348 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction
- I. Resistance : war gods. Only after night fall ; Keepers of the sky ; Magic relief ; Tribal resolution ; All things will eat themselves up ; This far away
- II. Regret : a scalp from Sand Creek. I have come to kill Indians ; The Bones Bill ; We are going back home ; Indian trophies ; AC.35B ; A wound of the soul
- III. Reluctance : killer whale flotilla robe. Masterless things ; Chief Shakes ; Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village ; Last stand ; The weight was heavy ; Our culture is not dying
- IV: Respect : Calusa skulls. The hardest cases ; Long since completely disappeared ; Unidentifiable ; Their place of understanding ; Timeless limbo ; Before we just gave up
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9780226298993
- Label
- Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture
- Title
- Plundered skulls and stolen spirits
- Title remainder
- inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture
- Statement of responsibility
- Chip Colwell
- Subject
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- Anthropological museums and collections
- Anthropological museums and collections -- United States
- Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Cultural property -- Repatriation -- United States
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- United States
- Anthropological ethics
- Indians of North America -- Material culture
- Indians of North America -- Material culture -- United States
- Indians of North America -- United States -- Antiquities
- Museums and Indians
- Museums and Indians -- United States
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (United States)
- United States
- United States.
- Indians of North America -- Antiquities
- Anthropological ethics -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "A fascinating account of both the historical and current struggle of Native Americans to recover sacred objects that have been plundered and sold to museums. Museum curator and anthropologist Chip Colwell asks the all-important question: Who owns the past? Museums that care for the objects of history or the communities whose ancestors made them?"--Provided by the publisher
- "Who owns the past and the objects that physically connect us to history? And who has the right to decide this ownership, particularly when the objects are sacred or, in the case of skeletal remains, human? Is it the museums that care for the objects or the communities whose ancestors made them? These questions are at the heart of Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits, an unflinching insider account by a leading curator who has spent years learning how to balance these controversial considerations. Five decades ago, Native American leaders launched a crusade to force museums to return their sacred objects and allow them to rebury their kin. Today, hundreds of tribes use the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to help them recover their looted heritage from museums across the country. As senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Chip Colwell has navigated firsthand the questions of how to weigh the religious freedom of Native Americans against the academic freedom of scientists and whether the emptying of museum shelves elevates human rights or destroys a common heritage. This book offers his personal account of the process of repatriation, following the trail of four objects as they were created, collected, and ultimately returned to their sources: a sculpture that is a living god, the scalp of a massacre victim, a ceremonial blanket, and a skeleton from a tribe considered by some to be extinct. These specific stories reveal a dramatic process that involves not merely obeying the law, but negotiating the blurry lines between identity and morality, spirituality and politics. Things, like people, have biographies. Repatriation, Colwell argues, is a difficult but vitally important way for museums and tribes to acknowledge that fact--and heal the wounds of the past while creating a respectful approach to caring for these rich artifacts of history."--Publisher's description
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1975-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Colwell, Chip
- Dewey number
- 973.04/97
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E98.M34
- LC item number
- C65 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States.
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Human remains (Archaeology)
- Cultural property
- Museums and Indians
- Anthropological museums and collections
- Archaeology
- Anthropological ethics
- Anthropological ethics
- Anthropological museums and collections
- Archaeology
- Cultural property
- Human remains (Archaeology)
- Indians of North America
- Indians of North America
- Museums and Indians
- United States
- Label
- Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture, Chip Colwell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Introduction -- I. Resistance : war gods. Only after night fall ; Keepers of the sky ; Magic relief ; Tribal resolution ; All things will eat themselves up ; This far away -- II. Regret : a scalp from Sand Creek. I have come to kill Indians ; The Bones Bill ; We are going back home ; Indian trophies ; AC.35B ; A wound of the soul -- III. Reluctance : killer whale flotilla robe. Masterless things ; Chief Shakes ; Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village ; Last stand ; The weight was heavy ; Our culture is not dying -- IV: Respect : Calusa skulls. The hardest cases ; Long since completely disappeared ; Unidentifiable ; Their place of understanding ; Timeless limbo ; Before we just gave up -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn956957284
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 348 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226298993
- Lccn
- 2016036898
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture, Chip Colwell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- I. Resistance : war gods. Only after night fall ; Keepers of the sky ; Magic relief ; Tribal resolution ; All things will eat themselves up ; This far away -- II. Regret : a scalp from Sand Creek. I have come to kill Indians ; The Bones Bill ; We are going back home ; Indian trophies ; AC.35B ; A wound of the soul -- III. Reluctance : killer whale flotilla robe. Masterless things ; Chief Shakes ; Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village ; Last stand ; The weight was heavy ; Our culture is not dying -- IV: Respect : Calusa skulls. The hardest cases ; Long since completely disappeared ; Unidentifiable ; Their place of understanding ; Timeless limbo ; Before we just gave up -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ocn956957284
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 348 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226298993
- Lccn
- 2016036898
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Anthropological museums and collections
- Anthropological museums and collections -- United States
- Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Cultural property -- Repatriation -- United States
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- United States
- Anthropological ethics
- Indians of North America -- Material culture
- Indians of North America -- Material culture -- United States
- Indians of North America -- United States -- Antiquities
- Museums and Indians
- Museums and Indians -- United States
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (United States)
- United States
- United States.
- Indians of North America -- Antiquities
- Anthropological ethics -- United States
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