Decolonizing museums : representing native America in national and tribal museums / Amy Lonetree.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lonetree, Amy.

Series:

First peoples (2010)

First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Museums.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Public opinion.

Ethnological museums and collections--United States.

Ethnological museums and collections.

Postcolonialism--United States.

Postcolonialism.

Museums--United States--Management.

Museums.

Museum exhibits--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Museum exhibits.

Racism in museum exhibits--United States.

Racism in museum exhibits.

Indians in popular culture.

Indigenous peoples in popular culture.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Museum exhibits--Moral and ethical aspects.

Management.

United States.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Physical Description:

xxi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]

Summary:

Museum exhibitions focusing on Native American history have long been curator controlled. However, a shift is occurring, giving Indigenous people a larger role in determining exhibition content. In Decolonizing Museums, Amy Lone-tree examines the complexities of these new relationships with an eye toward exploring how museums can grapple with centuries of unresolved trauma as they tell the stories of Native peoples. She investigates how museums can honor an Indigenous worldview and way of knowing, challenge stereotypical representations, and speak the hard truths of colonization within exhibition spaces to address the persistent legacies of historical unresolved grief in Native communities.

Lonetree focuses on the representation of Native Americans in exhibitions at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, the Mille Lacs Indian Museum in Minnesota, and the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways in Michigan. Drawing on her experiences as an Indigenous scholar and museum professional, Lonetree analyzes exhibition texts and images, records of exhibition development, and interviews with staff members. She addresses historical and contemporary museum practices and charts possible paths for the future curation and presentation of Native lifeways. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Native Americans and Museums 1

2 Collaboration Matters: The Minnesota Historical Society, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, and the Creation of a "Hybrid Tribal Museum" 29

3 Exhibiting Native America at the National Museum of the American Indian: Collaborations and Missed Opportunities 73

4 The Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways: Decolonization, Truth Telling, and Addressing Historical Unresolved Grief 123

5 Conclusion: Transforming Museums into "Places that Matter" for Indigenous Peoples 168.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807837146

0807837148

9780807837153

0807837156

OCLC:

785863340