Sacred Objects and Sacred Places: Preserving Tribal Traditions
- ISBN-10
- 0870815601
- ISBN-13
- 9780870815607
- Category
- History (General)
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Author
- Andrew Gulliford
Description
Combines native oral histories, photographs, drawings and case studies to present current issues of cultural preservation vital to American Indians, Alaska natives, and Native Hawaiians, such as the repatriation of human remains, the curation and exhibition of sacred masks and medicine bundles, and protecting sacred places on private, state, and public land.
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