Visiting with the Ancestors: Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces (Record no. 75455)
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| control field | 20220220081629.0 |
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| International Standard Book Number | aupress/9781771990370.01 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781771990370 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781771990394 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781771990387 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.15215/aupress/9781771990370.01 |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
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| Authentication code | dc |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Laura Peers |
| Relationship | auth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Visiting with the Ancestors: Blackfoot Shirts in Museum Spaces |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Athabasca University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 electronic resource (232 p.) |
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| Terms governing access | Open Access |
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| Standardized terminology for access restriction | Unrestricted online access |
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| Summary, etc. | In 2010, five magnificent Blackfoot shirts, now owned by the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum, were brought to Alberta to be exhibited at the Glenbow Museum, in Calgary, and the Galt Museum, in Lethbridge. The shirts had not returned to Blackfoot territory since 1841, when officers of the Hudson’s Bay Company acquired them. The shirts were later transported to England, where they had remained ever since. Exhibiting the shirts at the museums was, however, only one part of the project undertaken by Laura Peers and Alison Brown. Prior to the installation of the exhibits, groups of Blackfoot people—hundreds altogether—participated in special “handling sessions,” in which they were able to touch the shirts and examine them up close. The shirts, some painted with mineral pigments and adorned with porcupine quillwork, others decorated with locks of human and horse hair, took the breath away of those who saw, smelled, and touched them. Long-dormant memories were awakened, and many of the participants described a powerful sense of connection and familiarity with the shirts, which still house the spirit of the ancestors who wore them. In the pages of this beautifully illustrated volume is the story of an effort to build a bridge between museums and source communities, in hopes of establishing stronger, more sustaining relationships between the two and spurring change in prevailing museum policies. Negotiating the tension between a museum’s institutional protocol and Blackfoot cultural protocol was challenging, but the experience described both by the authors and by Blackfoot contributors to the volume was transformative. Museums seek to preserve objects for posterity. This volume demonstrates that the emotional and spiritual power of objects does not vanish with the death of those who created them. For Blackfoot people today, these shirts are a living presence, one that evokes a sense of continuity and inspires pride in Blackfoot cultural heritage. |
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| Terms governing use and reproduction | Creative Commons |
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| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
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| Uncontrolled term | colonialism |
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| Uncontrolled term | Truth and Reconciliation |
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| Uncontrolled term | aboriginal peoples |
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| Uncontrolled term | museum studies |
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| Uncontrolled term | first nations |
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| Uncontrolled term | museology |
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| Uncontrolled term | heritage items |
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| Uncontrolled term | sacred objects |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Alison K. Brown |
| Relationship | auth |
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| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120249">http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120249</a> |
| Access status | 0 |
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| Host name | www.oapen.org |
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