Visiting with the ancestors : Blackfoot shirts in museum spaces

Visiting with the ancestors Blackfoot shirts in museum spaces

"In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and the Galt Museum, in Lethbridge. The shirts had not returned to Blackfoot territory since 1841, when office...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Peers, Laura, author (author), Brown, Alison K., author
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edmonton, Alberta : Athabasca University Press 2016
2015.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Campus Alberta Collection
Subjects:
Siksika Indians > Clothing.
Cultural property > Alberta.
colonialism
Truth and Reconciliation
aboriginal peoples
museum studies
first nations
museology
heritage items
sacred objects
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427916706719
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Blackfoot Sacred Protocol
  • Introduction
  • One. Gifts from the Sun
  • Two. Introducing the Blackfoot Nations
  • Three. The Blackfoot and the Fur Trade
  • Four. Blackfoot Clothing
  • Five. Making Relations in the Past
  • Six. Making Relations in the Present
  • Seven. Planning the Project and Raising the Funds
  • Eight. Visiting the Shirts
  • Nine. Community Effects
  • Ten. Why Were the Shirts Not Repatriated?
  • Acknowledgments
  • References

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