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Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture, Chip Colwell

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
348 pages
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Resistance: war gods
  • Only after night fall
  • Keepers of the sky
  • Magic relief
  • Tribal resolution
  • All things will eat themselves up
  • This far away
  • 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
  • Reluctance: killer whale flotilla robe
  • Masterless things
  • Chief Shakes
  • Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village
  • Cranes' last stand
  • The weight was heavy
  • Our culture is not dying
  • 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
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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
Title variation
Plundered skulls and stolen spirits
Title variation remainder
inside the fight to reclaim native Americas culture
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"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
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10556531
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1975-
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Colwell, Chip
Dewey number
973.04/97
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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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
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inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture
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Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture, Chip Colwell
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-331) and index
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Contents
Introduction -- Resistance: war gods -- Only after night fall -- Keepers of the sky -- Magic relief -- Tribal resolution -- All things will eat themselves up -- This far away -- 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 -- Reluctance: killer whale flotilla robe -- Masterless things -- Chief Shakes -- Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village -- Cranes' last stand -- The weight was heavy -- Our culture is not dying -- Respect: Calusa skulls -- The hardest cases -- Long since completely disappeared -- Unidentifiable -- Their place of understanding -- Timeless limbo -- Before we just gave up -- Conclusion
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
348 pages
Isbn
9780226298993
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2016036898
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)956957284
Label
Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture, Chip Colwell
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-331) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction -- Resistance: war gods -- Only after night fall -- Keepers of the sky -- Magic relief -- Tribal resolution -- All things will eat themselves up -- This far away -- 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 -- Reluctance: killer whale flotilla robe -- Masterless things -- Chief Shakes -- Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village -- Cranes' last stand -- The weight was heavy -- Our culture is not dying -- Respect: Calusa skulls -- The hardest cases -- Long since completely disappeared -- Unidentifiable -- Their place of understanding -- Timeless limbo -- Before we just gave up -- Conclusion
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
348 pages
Isbn
9780226298993
Isbn Type
(hb)
Lccn
2016036898
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)956957284

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