WEST 4100 - Native American Perspectives on Museums

3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)

Explores the history of the museum enterprise vis-a-vis Native Americans: development of museum collections; poetics and politics of representation; the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA); and the reinterpretation of museology from indigenous perspectives, looking especially at the National Museum of the American Indian. Approved for LAS Social Science requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior. Prer., Junior or Senior standing. Meets with MSGP 4100.