The changing presentation of the American Indian : museums and native cultures. / / National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910633947903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Colombia ; ; New York ; ; Seattle, [Washington] ; ; London, [England] : , : National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution : , : University of Washington Press, , 2000; ©2000
• ISBN: 0-295-99747-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (119 p.)
• Disciplina: 970.004/970075
• Soggetti: Indians of North America - Museums; Intercultural communication; Museum techniques; Indians in popular culture; Indians of North America - Public opinion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C., and New York."
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction: A New Idea of Ourselves: The Changing Presentation of the American Indian; Chapter 1 Presenting the American Indian: From Europe to America; Chapter 2 ""Our"" Indians: The Unidimensional Indian in the Disembodied Local Past; Chapter 3 The Poetics of Museum Representations: Tropes of Recent American Indian Art Exhibitions; Chapter 4 The Integration of Traditional Indian Beliefs into the Museum at Warm Springs; Chapter 5 Are Changing Representations of First Peoples in Canadian Museums and Galleries Challenging the Curatorial Prerogative?; Chapter 6 Learn About Our Past to Understand Our Future: The Story of the Mille Lacs Band of OjibweAPPENDICES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z