Beyond Repatriation at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

Summary

Congress intended federal repatriation legislation to go beyond removing collections from museums. They hoped that it would lead to new relationships between Native Americans and museums that would recognize the interests of all parties. The Anthropology Department of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has worked, through its Repatriation Office and other programs, to collaborate with tribes and Alaskan Natives on projects that go beyond repatriation to include initiatives with 3D replication, traditional care, language revitalization, and cooperative curation. Repatriation is about fostering new relationships for the long term not the short term rush to meet a deadline or check a bureaucratic box.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Record Identifiers

Abstract Id(s): 21503