Publication

2016 - University of Toronto Press

Language

English

Word Count

89,000 words, Guess

Page Count

356 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781442628267
  • ISBN-10144262826X
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016461077
  • OCLC Control Number950450590
  • Better World Books9781442628267
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCE99.C6M38 2016
  • LCCE99.C6 M38 2016

Description

"Naamiwan's Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty other artefacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years passed before the drum was returned to the family and only half of the artefacts were ever returned to the museum."-- "Maureen Matthews takes us through this astonishing set of events from multiple perspectives, exploring community and museum viewpoints, visiting the ceremonial group leader in Wisconsin, and finally looking back from the point of view of the drum. The book contains a powerful Anishinaabe interpretive perspective on repatriation and on anthropology itself. Containing fourteen beautiful colour illustrations, Naamiwan's Drum is a compelling account of repatriation as well as a cautionary tale for museum professionals."--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Naamiwan's Drum: The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe ArtefactsUniversity of Toronto Press2016-01-01

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