The New World of the Indigenous Museum

Bibliographic Data

ID5828339
AuthorsPhilip J Deloria (American Academy of Arts and Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume147
Issue2
Pages106-115
Publication date2018-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
PublisherAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/daed_a_00494
OpenAlexW2789609134
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Museums have long offered simplistic representations of American Indians, even as they served as repositories for Indigenous human remains and cultural patrimony. Two critical interventions-the founding of the National Museum of the American Indian (1989) and the passage of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990)-helped transform museum practice. The decades following this legislation saw an explosion of excellent tribal museums and an increase in tribal capacity in both repatriation and cultural affairs. As the National Museum of the American Indian refreshes its permanent galleries over the next five years, it will explicitly argue for Native people's centrality in the American story, and insist not only on survival narratives, but also on Indigenous futurity

National museum · Native american · Repatriation · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Museums and Cultural Heritage

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