Description
Book SynopsisDraws on interviews with Nez Perce experts and archival research to tell the Spalding-Allen Collection story. The book also examines the ethics of acquiring, bartering, owning, and selling Native cultural history, as Native American, First Nation, and Indigenous communities continue their efforts to restore their exploited cultural heritage.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Collecting
1. The Nez Perce and the Missionary Collector
2. Collecting Native American Material Culture
3. The Spaldings and the Allens
Part 2 Away from Home
4. The Ohio Years: From an Indian Cabinet of Curiosities to Oberlin College
5. A Return to Self-Governance
6. Asserting Their Rights
7. Raising Their Voices: A Portrait of Two Institutions
Part 3 The Campaign
8. From Loan to Recall
9. Appraisals and Greed
10. Securing the Collection
11. Idaho School Kids, NPR Listeners, and Grunge Bands Do Their Part
12. The Nation Rallies to the Nez Perce Side
13. Chief Joseph's Shirt at Auction
14. Reflections on Spalding and the Spalding-Allen Collection
15. Sacred Places and a Private Golf Course
16. The International Marketplace for Cultural Heritage
17. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index
