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

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

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 histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colwell, Chip (John Stephen), 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Subjects:
United States. > Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
Indians of North America > Antiquities.
Indians of North America > Material culture > United States.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Repatriation > United States.
Cultural property > Repatriation > United States.
Museums and Indians > United States.
Anthropological museums and collections > United States.
Archaeology > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Anthropological ethics > United States.

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