Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture

Colwell, Chip (John Stephen) 1975- (author.).

Summary: "A fascinating account of both the historical and current struggle of Native Americans to recover sacred objects that have been plundered and sold to museums. Museum curator and anthropologist Chip Colwell asks the all-important question: Who owns the past? Museums that care for the objects of history or the communities whose ancestors made them?"--Provided by the publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226298993
ISBN: 022629899X
ISBN: 9780226299044
Physical Description: print
348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Chicago ; The University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: I. RESISTANCE: WAR GODS -- 1. Only After Night Fall -- 2. Keepers of the Sky -- 3. Magic Relief -- 4. Tribal Resolution -- 5. All Things Will Eat Themselves Up -- 6. This Far Away -- II. REGRET: A SCALP FROM SAND CREEK -- 7. I Have Come to Kill Indians -- 8. Bones Bill -- 9. We Are Going Back Home -- 10. Indian Trophies -- 11. AC.35B -- 12. Wound of the Soul -- III. RELUCTANCE: KILLER WHALE FLOTILLA ROBE -- 13. Masterless Things -- 14. Chief Shakes -- 15. Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village -- 16. Last Stand -- 17. Weight Was Heavy -- 18. Our Culture Is Not Dying -- IV. RESPECT: CALUSA SKULLS -- 19. Hardest Cases -- 20. Long Since Completely Disappeared -- 21. Unidentifiable -- 22. Their Place of Understanding -- 23. Timeless Limbo -- 24. Before We Just Gave Up.