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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819586203321

Autore

Hamilton Michelle A

Titolo

Collections and objections [[electronic resource] ] : Aboriginal material culture in Southern Ontario, 1791-1914 / / Michelle A. Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-7735-8065-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 63

Disciplina

971.3

Soggetti

Iroquoian Indians - Antiquities - Collection and preservation - Ontario

Ojibwa Indians - Antiquities - Collection and preservation - Ontario

Iroquoian Indians - Material culture - Ontario - Study and teaching

Ojibwa Indians - Material culture - Ontario - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: museums, collectors, and aboriginal peoples -- "Bric-a-brackers and pot-hunters": professionals and the public -- "For the general good of science": historical and scientific society museums -- Aboriginal responses to archaeology -- Colonialism, ethnographic collecting, and aboriginal engagement -- Usable pasts: interpreting aboriginal material culture -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

A nuanced study of conflicts over possession of Aboriginal artifacts.