Contesting knowledge : museums and indigenous perspectives

This Interdisciplinary And International Collection Of Essays Illuminates The Importance And Effects Of Indigenous Perspectives For Museums. The Contributors Challenge And Complicate The Traditionally Close Colonialist Connections Between Museums And Nation-states And Urge More Activist And Energized Roles For Museums In The Decades Ahead. The Essays In Section 1 Consider Ethnography's Influence On How Europeans Represent Colonized Peoples. Section 2 Essays Analyze Curatorial Practices, Emphasizing How Exhibitions Must Serve Diverse Masters Rather Than Solely The Curator's Own Creativity And Judgment, A Dramatic Departure From Past Museum Culture And Practice. Section 3 Essays Consider Tribal Museums That Focus On Contesting And Critiquing Colonial Views Of American And Canadian History While Serving The Varied Needs Of The Indigenous Communities. The Institutions Examined In These Pages Range Broadly From The National Museum Of The American Indian In Washington Dc; The Oneida Nation Museum In Oneida, Wisconsin; Tribal Museums In The Klamath River Region In California; The Tribal Museum In Zuni, New Mexico; The Museum Of The American Indian In New York City; And The District Six Museum In Cape Town, South Africa.--pub. Desc. Contesting Knowledge: Museums And Indigenous Perspectives / Susan Sleeper-smith / Ethnography And The Cultural Practices Of Museums. The Legacy Of Ethnography / Ray Silverman ; Elite Ethnography And Cultural Eradication: Confronting The Cannibal In Early Nineteenth-century Brazil / Hal Langfur ; Ethnographic Showcases At Sites Of Knowledge Production And Indigenous Resistance / Zine Magubane ; Reinventing George Heye: Nationalizing The Museum Of The American Indian And Its Collections / Ann Mcmullen ; Ethnographic Elaborations, Indigenous Contestations, And The Cultural Politics Of Imagining Community: A View From The District Six Museum In South Africa / Ciraj Rassool -- Curatorial Practices: Voices, Values, Languages, And Traditions. Museums And Indigenous Perspectives On Curatorial Practice / Jacki Thompson Rand ; A Dialogic Response To The Problematized Past: The National Museum Of The American Indian / Miranda J. Brady ; West Side Stories: The Blending Of Voice And Representation Through A Shared Curatorial Practice / Brenda Macdougall And M. Teresa Carlson ; Huichol Histories And Territorial Claims In Two National Anthropology Museums / Paul Liffman ; The Construction Of Native Voice At The National Museum Of The American Indian / Jennifer Shannon -- Tribal Museums And The Heterogeneity Of The Nation-state. Creation Of The Tribal Museum / Brenda J. Child ; Tsi[dotless Question Makr]niyukwaliho[dotless Question Mark]t[upside Down V], The Oneida Nation Museum: Creating A Space For Haudenosaunee Kinship And Identity / Kristina Ackley ; Reimagining Tribal Sovereignty Through Tribal History: Museums, Libraries, And Archives In The Klamath River Region / Brian Isaac Daniels ; Responsibilities Toward Knowledge: The Zuni Museum And The Reconciling Of Different Knowledge Systems / Gwyneira Isaac ; Museums As Sites Of Decolonization: Truth Telling In National And Tribal Museums / Amy Lonetree. Edited By Susan Sleeper-smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 8 Illustrations......Page 10 Contesting Knowledge......Page 14 Part 1: Ethnography and the Cultural Practices of Museums......Page 20 The Legacy of Ethnography......Page 22 1. Elite Ethnography and Cultural Eradication......Page 28 2. Ethnographic Showcases as Sites of Knowledge Productionand Indigenous Resistance......Page 58 3. Reinventing George Heye......Page 78 4. Ethnographic Elaborations, Indigenous Contestations, and the Cultural Politics of Imagining Community......Page 119 Part 2: Curatorial Practices: Voices, Values, Languages, and Traditions......Page 140 Museums and Indigenous Perspectives on Curatorial Practice......Page 142 5. A Dialogic Response to the Problematized Past......Page 146 6. West Side Stories......Page 169 7. Huichol Histories and Territorial Claims in Two National Anthropology Museums......Page 205 8.The Construction of Native Voice at the National Museum of the American Indian......Page 231 Part 3: Tribal Museums and the Heterogeneity of the Nation-State......Page 262 Creation of the Tribal Museum......Page 264 9. [Omitted], the Oneida Nation Museum......Page 270 10. Reimagining Tribal Sovereignty through Tribal History......Page 296 11. Responsibilities toward Knowledge......Page 316 12. Museums as Sites of Decolonization......Page 335 Contributors......Page 352 Index......Page 358