Sacred Objects and Sacred Places : Preserving Tribal Traditions

by Gulliford, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780870815607
• ISBN10: 0870815601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado

Author Biography

Andrew Gulliford is a professor of Southwest Studies and History and the director of the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Illustrations	xi
Acknowledgments	xii
Author's Note	xvii
Introduction	1	(12)
Bones of Contention: The Repatriation of Native American Human Remains	13	(28)
Racial Hierarchies	15	(1)
Collecting Skeletons for the U.S. Army	16	(2)
Displaying Ancient Skeletons for Tourists	18	(2)
Lawsuits and Resolutions to Protect Their Ancestors	20	(1)
Controversy and the Smithsonian	21	(2)
Protecting Unmarked Graves	23	(1)
Returning Human Remains	24	(1)
Civil Rights for the Dead	25	(1)
The 8,000-Year-Old Shaman	26	(1)
Science Versus Indian Beliefs	26	(1)
Returning to the Earth	27	(2)
Difficulties in Implementing NAGPRA	29	(1)
Kennewick Man and the Umatilla	30	(1)
Return to Mother Earth---Rex Salvador	31	(1)
The Spirits---Andrew Joseph	31	(1)
Ancient Acoma--Petuuche Gilbert	32	(1)
Naevahoo'ohtseme--``We Are Going Back Home'': Repatriating a Young Cheyenne Girl Killed at the Sand Creek Massacre--Lawrence Hart	33	(5)
A Smallpox Cemetery in Sitka, Alaska: Voices From the Tlingit Ancestors--Robert Sam	38	(3)
Native Americans and Museums: Curation and Repatriation of Sacred and Tribal Objects	41	(26)
The Ancient Mimbres People	45	(4)
Using Indian Consultants	49	(2)
Sensitive Curation and Pesticide Applications	51	(1)
NAGPRA and Cultural Items	52	(1)
Tribal Success Stories	53	(2)
The Loss of Sacred Blackfeet Medicine Bundles--George Kipp	55	(1)
Curating a Sacred Pawnee Family Medicine Bundle--Diane Good	56	(7)
Returning an Apache Gaan Dancer's Mask--David Bailey	63	(2)
Crow Tribe Family Heirlooms in Museums--Janine Pease Windy Boy	65	(2)
Sacred Places and Sacred Landscapes	67	(32)
Continuity Over Time	69	(1)
Religious Sites Associated With Oral Tradition and Origin Stories	70	(3)
Trails and Pilgrimage Routes	73	(4)
Traditional Gathering Areas	77	(4)
Offering Areas--Altars and Shrines	81	(1)
Vision Quest and Other Individual-Use Sites	81	(5)
Group Ceremonial Sites--Sweat Lodges, Dances, and Sings	86	(2)
Ancestral Habitation Sites	88	(1)
Petroglyphs and Pictographs--Ceremonial Rock Art	88	(1)
Individual Burials and Massacre Sites	88	(2)
Observatories and Calendar Sites	90	(1)
The Hopi View of Land Use--Ferrell Secakuku	91	(1)
Voices of the Dine--Navajo Historic Preservation Department	92	(1)
The Zuni and the Grand Canyon--Zuni Leaders	93	(2)
Working With Wyoming Tribes--Fred Chapman	95	(4)
From the Sweetgrass Hills to Bear's Lodge: Preservation of Tribal Sacred Places	99	(78)
Failure of the American Indian Religious Freedom Act	101	(2)
Defining Traditional Cultural Properties	103	(5)
The Keepers of the Treasures	108	(1)
Stages in the National Register Process	108	(3)
Tribal Treaty Rights	111	(3)
Tribal Protocols	114	(2)
Confidentiality of Sacred Sites	116	(2)
Returning Kaho'olawe Island to Native Hawaiians	118	(1)
Tribal Consultation	119	(2)
San Francisco Peaks, Arizona	121	(1)
Pahuk Pawnee Site, Nebraska	122	(3)
Ute Trail, Colorado	125	(6)
Mount Graham, Arizona	131	(4)
Bighorn Medicine Wheel, Wyoming	135	(9)
Bear Butte, South Dakota	144	(5)
Sweetgrass Hills, Montana	149	(5)
Mount Shasta, California	154	(3)
Taos Blue Lake, New Mexico	157	(5)
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming	162	(5)
Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota	167	(3)
Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Colorado	170	(7)
Living Tribal Cultures	177	(28)
Issues of Indian Identity	178	(2)
White Shamans and ``Wanna-be'' Indians	180	(6)
Copyrighting Culture	186	(2)
Elder Artists as Living Treasures	188	(4)
Culture Camps for Native Children	192	(2)
Bringing Back the Buffalo	194	(2)
Saving Tribal Languages	196	(2)
From Tall Trees to Coastal Canoes	198	(2)
Opposition to Makah Whaling	200	(2)
Preserving Tribal Traditions	202	(3)
Appendix A: Tribal Traditional Cultural Places (from the National Park Service)	205	(4)
Appendix B: Current Tribal Museums and Community Centers (from the American Association for State and Local History)	209	(10)
Notes	219	(24)
Bibliography	243	(24)
About the Author	267	(2)
Index	269