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The National Museum of the American Indian Critical Conversations / edited by Amy Lonetree and Amanda J. Cobb.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Museums.
- Indians of North America.
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.).
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (518 p.)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The first American national museum designed and run by indigenous peoples, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC opened in 2004. It represents both the United States as a singular nation and the myriad indigenous nations within its borders. Constructed with materials closely connected to Native communities across the continent, the museum contains more than 800,000 objects and three permanent galleries and routinely holds workshops and seminar series.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Conversation 1: History and Development; Conversation 2: Indigenous Methodologyand Community Collaboration; Conversation 3: Interpretations and Response; Conversation 4: Questions of Nation and Identity; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611958473
- 9781281958471
- 1281958476
- 9780803219373
- 0803219377
- OCLC:
- 299178636
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