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Journey to the heart of the first peoples collection

Title

Journey to the heart of the first peoples collection / under the direction of Marie-Paule Robitaille ; editorial director : Hélène Dionne ; editor of the English edition : Robin Philpot ; translation into English : Käthe Roth, with the help of Robin Philpot ; foreword : Michel Côté ; preface : Hélène Boivin.

Publication

Montréal : Baraka Books, 2014.
[Chicago] : Independent Publishers Group

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Description

273 pages : illustrations, maps; 31 cm

Alternative Title

Voyage au cœur des collections des Premiers Peuples.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-258) and index.

Language (note)

Some of the text in this book was originally written in French and then translated into Enlish. Similtaneously published in French under this title: Voyage au cœur des collections des Premiers Peuples.

Contents

Epigraph -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I. A national collection built over years -- Many beginnings or the long story of the First Peoples Collection at the Musée de la civilisation -- A look back at the origins of the Inuit Collection at the Musée de la civilisation de Québec -- The encounter between Europeans and aboriginals: a world of exchange with objects as evidence -- Aboriginal and Inuit collections in France -- Part II. The Musées de la civilisation working closely with the nations -- Aboriginal peoples and museums: twenty-five years of relations with the Musées de la civilisation -- Respect and responsibility: law, ethics, and indigenous collections -- Traditional meaning of gift giving -- Part III. Collections and exhibitions, a vital link -- L'CEil amérindien. Regards sur l'animal: an essential exhibition! -- Museum research notes -- Part IV. The expanding perspective of indigenous collections -- Beaded flowers on the plain: the art of the western Métis -- Peuples des eaux, gens des îles. L'OCÉANIE: Windfalls from a great voyage -- The Amazonian collection of Dr. Aldo Lo Curto -- Part V. The National Collection, a venue for learning and disseminating -- From the skins of birds: a technological study of the Belcher Islands eider-skin coat -- Exchanging and sharing knowledge: the museum, research, and aboriginals -- Inclusion of first peoples in exhibition projects -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Photo credits -- List of donors -- Index -- Ethnonyms.

Call Number

JFG 15-66

ISBN

1771860308
9781771860307

OCLC

902657398

Title

Publisher

Montréal : Baraka Books, 2014.

Distributor

[Chicago] : Independent Publishers Group

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-258) and index.

Language

Some of the text in this book was originally written in French and then translated into Enlish. Similtaneously published in French under this title: Voyage au cœur des collections des Premiers Peuples.

Added Author

Robitaille, Marie-Paule, editor.

Dionne, Hélène, editor.

Philpot, Robin, editor, translator.

Roth, Käthe, translator.

Côté, Michel, 1948- author of introduction, etc.

Boivin, Hélène, author of introduction, etc.

Musée de la civilisation (Québec)

Added Title

Voyage au cœur des collections des Premiers Peuples.

Research Call Number

JFG 15-66

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