Journey to the heart of the first peoples collection

Musée de la civilisation (Québec) (Added Author).

Summary: Journey to the Heart of the First Peoples reveals objects of unimagined beauty and rarity. Its pages will bring you into the world of the Aboriginal nations of Quebec, Canada, the United States, Amazonia, and Oceania. The history of this collection spans a period stretching from New France, with objects brought back by the priests of the Séminaire de Québec from missions in various regions of the Americas, to the present, with the most recent donations by collectors passionate about history and the ways of life of the First Peoples.

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ISBN: 9781771860307 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
273 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 31 cm.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Montréal, QC : Baraka Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-258) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Epigraph -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. A national collection built over many years -- Many beginnings or the long story of the First Peoples Collection at the Musée de la civilisation -- A look back at the origins of the Inuit Collection at the Musée de la civilisation de Québec -- The encounter between Europeans and aboriginals: a world of exchange with objects as evidence -- Aboriginal and Inuit collections in France -- Part II. The Musées de la civilisation working closely with the nations -- Aboriginal peoples and museums: twenty-five years of relations with the Musées de la civilisation -- Respect and responsibility: law, ethics, and indigenous collections -- Traditional meaning of gift giving -- Part III. Collections and exhibitions, a vital link -- L'CEil amérindien. Regards sur l'animal: an essential exhibition! -- Museum research notes -- Part IV. The expanding perspective of indigenous collections -- Beaded flowers on the plain: the art of the western Métis -- Peuples des eaux, gens des îles. L'OCÉANIE: Windfalls from a great voyage -- The Amazonian collection of Dr. Aldo Lo Curto -- Part V. The National Collection, a venue for learning and disseminating -- From the skins of birds: a technological study of the Belcher Islands eider-skin coat -- Exchanging and sharing knowledge: the museum, research, and aboriginals -- Inclusion of first peoples in exhibition projects -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Photo credits -- List of donors -- Index -- Ethnonyms.
Language Note:	Some of the text in this book was originally written in French and then translated into English. Similtaneously published in French under this title: Voyage au cœur des collections des Premiers Peuples.

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Subject:

Anthropological museums and collections -- Québec (Province) -- Québec
Ethnological museums and collections -- Québec (Province) -- Québec
Indigenous peoples -- Material culture -- North America
Indigenous peoples -- Museums -- North America
Indians of North America -- Museums
Indian art -- Museums
Inuit art -- Museums
Inuit -- Material culture
Indian art -- Museums -- Pictorial works
Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Museums
Indians of North America -- Material culture -- Pictorial works

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First Nations.
Aboriginal.

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