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Author: Chip Colwell
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Dimensions:
Width: 1.60cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 2.30cm
Weight: 0.624kg
ISBN: 9780226298993
ISBN 10: 022629899
Pages: 360
Publication Date: 08 March 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In this beautifully written meditation on the vexed relationship between museums and Native American communities, Colwell reveals as never before the human dimensions of our recent struggles over repatriation. Important, necessary reading for all those who grapple with the essential question of how best to respect and honor the past. --Karl Jacoby, author of Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History
In this beautifully written meditation on the vexed relationship between museums and Native American communities, Colwell reveals as never before the human dimensions of our recent struggles over repatriation. Important, necessary reading for all those who grapple with the essential question of how best to respect and honor the past. --Karl Jacoby, author of Shadows at Dawn: An Apache Massacre and the Violence of History
<i> Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits</i> breaks new ground<i>. </i>Colwell s dual roles of museum curator and human rights advocate offers a narrative of personal growth and professional practice that couples a humanist s sensitivities with a historian s insistence on primary documentary sources. The resulting breath of fresh air contributes mightily to still-controversial conversations about American reburial and repatriation. The message sounds loud and clear: Twenty-first century museums can indeed stand tall in addressing their own complex histories. Why do some still feel obliged to cover up past performance, to lock out qualified researchers from their archives and to sugar-coat their past in the hopes that nobody will notice? --David H. Thomas, author of Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity
Author Information
Chip Colwell is the senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. His work has been highlighted in such venues as the New York Times, Denver Post, Huffington Post, and C-SPAN, and his books include Living Histories: Native Americans and Southwestern Archaeology and Inheriting the Past: The Making of Arthur C. Parker and Indigenous Archaeology.
