Coming home to Nez Perce country : the Niimiipuu campaign to repatriate their exploited heritage

Name: Coming home to Nez Perce country : the Niimiipuu campaign to repatriate their exploited heritage
Brand: Washington State University Press
SKU: SD_ILS:1897208
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Author

Trevor James Bond

Call Number

979.5 B7117 (CEN)

Publication Information

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2021]

Physical Description

206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Summary

"Missionary Henry Spalding shipped two barrels of "Indian curiosities" to Ohio in 1847. The author delves into the story of the exquisite Nez Perce shirts, dresses, baskets, and horse regalia, the tribe's grassroots campaign to restore their exploited cultural heritage, and the ethics of acquiring and selling Native cultural history"--