Spirited encounters : American Indians protest museum policies and practices / Karen Coody Cooper.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2008.Description: xvi, 207 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780759110885 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0759110883 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780759110892 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0759110891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Indians of North America -- Museums
- Indians of North America -- Material culture
- Indians of North America -- Politics and government
- Museums -- Management -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Museum exhibits -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
- Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- United States
- Cultural property -- Repatriation -- United States
- E76.85 .C66 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-196) and index.
Introduction: American Indians, museums, and protest -- Politics and sponsorship of The spirit sings -- Display of sacred objects -- Display of human remains -- Art confined to a reservation of its own -- Demands for return of material objects -- Demands for return of human remains -- No celebration for Columbus -- Thanksgiving mourned -- The Custer chronicles -- Native cultural sites -- Transforming museums -- Conclusion: Achievements gained by protests.