2024-2025 College Catalog
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AIS 232 - Museums and Indigenous Peoples: Reclaiming Culture and Identity
Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: Three lecture.
Introduction to museum anthropology, museology, and current developments in tribal and non-tribal museums, with special attention to ideology of colonial and tribal display, preservation, and the politics of repatriation.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
1. critically analyze the relations between Native Nations (American Indigenous communities), federal, state, and museum entities;
2. critique why museums were created and how anthropologists understood Salvage Anthropology;
3. explain the rich diversity of Indigenous cultural expression in Arizona, the United States, and the world in relation to museum settings;
4. compare and contrast global challenges within museums and their collections of human remains and artifacts of cultural significance;
5. gain basic understanding of Federal Indian Law and legislation and rationalization on repatriation, namely the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and the lack of international laws governing Indigenous cultural artifacts;
6. investigate historical and contemporary museum collections and display methodologies and practices;
7. identify ways in which museum practices and cross-cultural respect have evolved, particularly as social, cultural, and political systems.
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