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Product Description: Museums - along with books, newspapers, and Wild West shows in the 19th century, movies and television in the 20th - have shaped our perceptions of American Indians. This book brings together six prominent museum professionals - Native and non-Native - to examine the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums in North America and to present new directions museums are already taking...read more

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9780295977812 | Univ of Washington Pr, March 1, 2000, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Museums - along with books, newspapers, and Wild West shows in the 19th century, movies and television in the 20th - have shaped our perceptions of American Indians.

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Product Description: The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Spanning more than ten thousand years, the one million objects in the museum's collections represent the extraordinary scope of Indian life in the Americas...read more

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9780789201058 | Abbeville Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: The Smithsonian Institution's new National Museum of the American Indian is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans.

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Product Description: For centuries, ornamental robes made of buffalo hide and fur were painted with intricate figures and scenes by artists of the various Native American nations. A great number of these robes were brought to France in the 18th century, many of which are now housed in the extraordinary collection of the Musee de l'Homme in Paris...read more

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9781565841178 | Reprint edition (New Pr, October 1, 1995), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: For centuries, ornamental robes made of buffalo hide and fur were painted with intricate figures and scenes by artists of the various Native American nations.

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Accomplished representatives from a variety of indigenous cultures--by invitation of the National Museum of the American Indian--reflect on their heritage through objects of cultural, spiritual, artistic, or personal significance in a unique volume combining narratives, illustrations, and photographs. UP.

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9781560984528 | Smithsonian Inst Pr, November 1, 1994, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Accomplished representatives from a variety of indigenous cultures--by invitation of the National Museum of the American Indian--reflect on their heritage through objects of cultural, spiritual, artistic, or personal significance in a unique volume combining narratives, illustrations, and photographs.

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