Naamiwan's Drum
The Story of a Contested Repatriation of Anishinaabe Artefacts
by Maureen Matthews
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Pub Date Dec 21 2016 | Archive Date Nov 21 2016
Description
Naamiwan’s Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and a 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.
Maureen Matthews is Curator of Ethnology at The Manitoba Museum as well as an adjunct professor at the University of Manitoba.
Advance Praise
“Naamiwan’s Drum is a highly rewarding read. Maureen Matthews tells a very compelling, well-grounded and beautifully written story. This is a subtle, rich and complex first-rate investigation of repatriation that raises concerns about the agency of objects, their makers and users.”
Janet Catherine Berlo, Department of Art and Art History, University of Rochester
“Naamiwan’s Drum advances our understanding of a number of important topics including repatriation, Anishanaabeg language use, anthropology and material cultural studies.”
Susan Rowley, Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia and Curator of Public Archaeology, Museum of Anthropology
“Maureen Matthews’ work is a major contribution to the field. It is rare to find someone who can successfully bridge linguistics, anthropological literature, museums and storytelling.”
Gwyneira Isaac, Curator of North American Ethnology in the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781442628267 |
| PRICE | CA$34.95 (CAD) |
