Native Americans and museums
K. E. Bruton
I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. I would also like some
help in tracking down sources. I intend on looking at the museum system
and how they have shaped the public's view of who Native people are. I
would like to examine the early collections that were stolen, or
caputured, to more recent exhibits such as "Indigena" and "Fluffs and
Feathers". Any advice/opinions welcome!
Thanks in advance!!
K.E. Bruton
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Michael Brown
> I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
>people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
>suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. I would also like some
>help in tracking down sources. I intend on looking at the museum system
>and how they have shaped the public's view of who Native people are. I
>would like to examine the early collections that were stolen, or
>caputured, to more recent exhibits such as "Indigena" and "Fluffs and
>Feathers". Any advice/opinions welcome!
>
>
You might also want to look into how tribes who have their own museums are
putting them to use. I now that a Pacific Northwest tribe has there own
museum and were involved in how the museum was setup. The Seminole Tribe in
Florida is currently building their own museum.
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Eric Brunner
Michael Brown (emb...@email.moto.com) wrote:
: bu...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (K. E. Bruton) wrote:
: > I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
: >people within museums...
There is a discussion of "Museum-oriented" archaeology, which also touches
on anthropology and curatorship in the arch-l mailing list. In addition
there is a mailing list specific to museums, museum-l.
: You might also want to look into how tribes who have their own museums are
: putting them to use. I now that a Pacific Northwest tribe has there own
: museum and were involved in how the museum was setup. The Seminole Tribe in
: Florida is currently building their own museum.
Good point!
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Christabel La Motte
Michael Brown <emb...@email.moto.com> wrote:
> bu...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (K. E. Bruton) wrote:
>
> > I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
> >people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
> >suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated.
>
> You might also want to look into how tribes who have their own museums are
> putting them to use. I now that a Pacific Northwest tribe has there own
> museum and were involved in how the museum was setup. The Seminole Tribe in
> Florida is currently building their own museum.
There is also a Seneca-Iroquois museum located on the Allegany Reservation in
New York. If you're interested, I can provide snail-mail and phone contact
info.
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Thomas Kavanagh
> I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
>people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
>help in tracking down sources.
In preparation for our exhibit "Pawnee Images," among other topics,
dealing with how the Pawnees have been represented in both anthropology,
in historic photographs, and in the media, we worked with a group of
Pawnees, including the head of the Chief's council (different from the
tribal council), himself a photographer, as well as the Pawnee High
School Indian club. With the latter group, we supplied them with cameras
and asked them to document some of their life for us.
Similar cooperation was between the Milwaukee Public Museum and the local
community for their exhibit on Powwow.
Thomas Kavanagh
Curator of Collections
Mathers Museum
Indiana University
Brian H. Zygo
>bu...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (K. E. Bruton) wrote:
>> I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
>>people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
>>suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. I would also like some
>>help in tracking down sources. I intend on looking at the museum system
>>and how they have shaped the public's view of who Native people are. I
>>would like to examine the early collections that were stolen, or
>>caputured, to more recent exhibits such as "Indigena" and "Fluffs and
>>Feathers". Any advice/opinions welcome!
>You might also want to look into how tribes who have their own museums are
>putting them to use. I now that a Pacific Northwest tribe has there own
>museum and were involved in how the museum was setup. The Seminole Tribe in
>Florida is currently building their own museum.
Don't forget about the museum in Browning, Montana, the Blackfeet
Reservation. As to the actually ownership, I'm not sure, but I know
they were worried about federal cuts that might force them to close
down.
Carey James
> > museum and were involved in how the museum was setup.
Do you know which tribe? Do you know where? There are tons of tribes in
the PNW. I know of several that are just here in the immediate area. I
would be interested in finding out what this museum is.
carey
Yukonbean
few addresses from various sources - maybe they'll be of some use (sorry,
it got a bit long):
The Museum at Warm Springs
P.O. Box C
Warm Springs, OR 97761
(created by the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation)
Yakima Nation Museum
P.O. Box 151
Toppenish, WA 98948
Cheyenne Cultural Center
Rural Route 4
Box 230
Clinton, OK 73601
in alaska, several native run cultural centers and museums have been
opened in recent years. these centers provide an opportunity for Native
Alaskans to speak for themselves, to themselves and others:
Alutiiq Culture Center
(Kodiak Area Native Assoc.)
402 Center Street
Kodiak, AK 99615
(opened in 1994? one of the few good things to come out of the Exxon
Valdez oil spill!)
Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center and Museum
c/o Assoc. of Village Council Presidents
P.O. Box 219
Bethel, AK 99559
(this one is really new and may not yet be fully up and running)
NANA Museum of the Arctic
P.O. Box 29
Kotzebue, AK 99752
(like a cultural center and museum in one)
Simon Paneak Memorial Museum
P.O. Box 21085
Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721
(this is a great museum in a small Nunamiut Eskimo community)
These are the Alaskan ones that I know of from my own experience, although
I believe that there are more (at Kake, Huslia, Kenai, etc.). There are
plans to build an Alaskan Native Heritage Cultural Center in Anchorage
within the next 2 to 3 years. The center would represent all of the major
Alaskan native gropus: Inupiaq Eskimo, Yup'ik Eskimo, Athapskan Indian,
Tlingit and Haida Indian, Alutiiq, etc. There is also a cultural
center/museum in the works for Barrow, Alaska.
The Alaska State Museum has some unique ties with the Alaska Native
community, particularly with local Tlingit groups. Their address is: 395
Whittier Street, Juneau, AK, 99801. (i'm sure that the University of
Alaska Museum at Fairbanks also has some ties, as does the Anchorage
Museum of History and Art)
For a fairly complete listing of Alaskan museums, you might try writing to
Museums Alaska, P.O. Box 242323, Anchorage, AK 99524. They once
distributed a small booklet called the "Guide to Museums in Alaska" to
Museums Alaska members. The guide was actually compiled and published by
the Alaska State Museum.
hope some of this is of use!
yuko...@aol.com
Hunwut
Education Specialist. I'm the Director/Curator of the Kumeyaay Culture
Center on Cuyapaipe Reservation and the Curator of Artifacts and Exhibits
of the San Diego American Indian Cultur Center. I've that there isn't very
many Natives in the museum world but the numbers are increasing everyday.
Richard Bugbee
Pauma Payoomkawichum
David Ross Mcirvine
> Hi!
>
> I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
> people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
> suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. I would also like some
> help in tracking down sources. I intend on looking at the museum system
> and how they have shaped the public's view of who Native people are.
Rayna Green (Oklahoma Cherokee) directs the American
Indian program at the Museum of National History, Smithsonian
Institution, in Washington D.C.. She came to UVA to speak
in autumn 1994, and I was very impressed.
Thomas Kavanagh
dr...@Virginia.EDU (David Ross Mcirvine) wrote:
>
> Rayna Green (Oklahoma Cherokee)
Dr. Rayna Green is TEXAS Cherokee!
tk
Thomas Kavanagh
Just another a quick comment:
dr...@Virginia.EDU (David Ross Mcirvine) wrote:
> Rayna Green (Oklahoma Cherokee) directs the American
>Indian program at the Museum of National History,
Dr. Rayna Green is TEXAS Cherokee. She directs the American Indian
program at the Smithsonian's Museum of AMERICAN HISTORY. Dr. JoAllyn
Archambault (Sioux) direct the American Indian Program at Natural
History.
I have worked for/with both of them.
tk
CSG
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am currently doing research on the representation of Native
>> people within museums. If anyone has anythoughts, ideas, comments or
>> suggestions, they would be greatly appreciated. I would also like some
>> help in tracking down sources. I intend on looking at the museum system
>> and how they have shaped the public's view of who Native people are.
>
>Institution, in Washington D.C.. She came to UVA to speak
>in autumn 1994, and I was very impressed.
I recently completed my MA thesis in a similar area at the Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education in the department of Sociology in
Education. The title of the work "Contesting/Overlapping
Representations: Native Canadians in Canadian Tourism." In it I argue
that traditional stereotypical images of native canadians are reinforced
by the context in which they are displayed - ie. tourism. The two books
that I found most useful for general purposes were Deborah Doxtator's
"Fluffs and Feathers" published by the Woodland Cultural Centre in
Brantford, ON - I used the copy that's available at the Royal Ontario
Musem, and Daniel Francis' book "The Imaginary Indian" published by the
Arsenal Pulp Press in Vancouver and available in Coles book stores.
I am continuing to work and research in this area, and expect to begin
work on my PhD dissertation sometime in the next year or so. If you
would like I could send more suggestions.