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Glenbow Museum.
Canada. First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Act.
Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Alberta.
Cultural property -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Alberta.
Siksika First Nation -- Material culture -- Alberta.
Kainah First Nation -- Material culture -- Alberta.
Piegan First Nation -- Material culture -- Alberta.
First Nations -- Material culture -- Alberta.
Museums and First Nations -- Canada.
Museum techniques -- Alberta.
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Glenbow Museum.
Canada. First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects Repatriation Act.
Cultural property -- Repatriation -- Alberta.
Cultural property -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Alberta.
Siksika First Nation -- Material culture -- Alberta.
Kainah First Nation -- Material culture -- Alberta.
Piegan First Nation -- Material culture -- Alberta.
First Nations -- Material culture -- Alberta.
Museums and First Nations -- Canada.
Museum techniques -- Alberta.
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We are coming home :
repatriation
and the restoration of Blackfoot
cultural
confidence / edited by Gerald T. Conaty.
AU Press (Athabaska University), 2014.
Call #:
970.4123 W361
Subjects
Glenbow Museum.
Canada. First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects
Repatriation
Act.
Cultural
property
--
Repatriation
--
Alberta
.
Cultural
property
--
Moral and ethical aspects
--
Alberta
.
Siksika First Nation
--
Material culture
--
Alberta
.
Kainah First Nation
--
Material culture
--
Alberta
.
Piegan First Nation
--
Material culture
--
Alberta
.
First Nations
--
Material culture
--
Alberta
.
Museums and First Nations
--
Canada.
Museum techniques
--
Alberta
.
ISBN:
9781771990172 (pbk.)
Description:
xii, 299 p. : ill. (some colour), colour map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"In 1990, Gerald Conaty was hired as senior curator of ethnology at the Glenbow Museum, with the particular mandate of improving the museum's relationship with Aboriginal communities. That same year, the Glenbow had taken its first tentative steps toward
repatriation
by returning sacred objects to First Nations' peoples. These efforts drew harsh criticism from members of the provincial government. Was it not the museum's primary legal, ethical, and fiduciary responsibility to ensure the physical preservation of its collections? Would the return of a sacred bundle to ceremonial use not alter and diminish its historical worth and its value to the larger society? Undaunted by such criticism, Conaty oversaw the return of more than fifty medicine bundles to Blackfoot and Cree communities between the years of 1990 and 2000, at which time the First Nations Sacred Ceremonial Objects
Repatriation
Act (FNSCORA) - still the only
repatriation
legislation in Canada - was passed. The story of the highly complex process of
repatriation
as described by those intimately involved in the work, notably the Piikani, Siksika, and Kainai elders who provided essential oversight and guidance. We also hear from the Glenbow Museum's president and CEO at the time and from an archaeologist then employed at the Provincial Museum of
Alberta
who provides an insider's view of the drafting of FNSCORA. These accounts are framed by Conaty's reflections on the impact of museums on First Nations, on the history and culture of the Niitsitapi, or Blackfoot, and on the path forward. With Conaty's passing in August of 2013, this book is also a tribute to his enduring relationships with the Blackfoot, to his rich and exemplary career, and to his commitment to innovation and mindful museum practice"--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Conaty, Gerald Thomas, 1953-2013.
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