Guest Speaker: Dr. Shannon Murray, Calgary Stampede
Read
- Amy Lonetree, Decolonizing Museums, Preface & Chapters 1-2 (xi-72)
- Adam Hochschild, “The Fight to Decolonize the Museum,” The Atlantic, 2020
- Marian Carpenter, “View from the Field: The Challenges to Being Inclusive in Museum Collections,” Inclusive Historians Handbook, 2020
Think
What does it mean to decolonize a museum? Why do museums need to be decolonized does she argue? How did museums become problematic places for Native peoples to visit and also as places that display Native artifacts? What are some specific examples from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe’s Museum that Lonetree argues are successful and not successful decolonizing practices?
To Do
- Cemeteries Assignment by 5pm
- Find a professional way to thank Dr. Murray
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