Repatriation Reader: Who Owns American Indian Remains? - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803282648 ISBN 13: 9780803282643

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2000

Synopsis

In the past decade the repatriation of Native American skeletal remains and funerary objects has become a lightning rod for radically opposing views about cultural patrimony and the relationship between Native communities and archaeologists. In this unprecedented volume, Native Americans and non-Native Americans within and beyond the academic community offer their views on repatriation and the ethical, political, legal, cultural, scholarly, and economic dimensions of this hotly debated issue. While historians and archaeologists debate continuing non-Native interests and obligations, Native American scholars speak to the key cultural issues embedded in their ancestral pasts. A variety of sometimes explosive case studies are considered, ranging from Kennewick Man to the repatriation of Zuni Ahayu:da. Also featured is a detailed discussion of the background, meaning, and applicability of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, as well as the text of the act itself.

About this title

About the Author

Devon Abbott Mihesuah is Professor of Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University. She is the author or editor of several works, including Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians (Nebraska 1998) and The Roads of My Relations.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803282648
• ISBN 13: 9780803282643
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 335
• Editor: Mihesuah Devon A.