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Who owns the past and the objects that physically connect us to history And who has the right to decide this ownership particularly when the objects are sacred or in the case of skeletal remains human Is it the museums that care for the objects or the communities whose ancestors made them These questions are at the heart of Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits an unflinching insider account by a leading curator who has spent years learning how to balance these controversial considerations Five decades ago Native American leaders launched a crusade to force museums to return their sacred objects and allow them to rebury their kin Today hundreds of tribes use the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to help them recover their looted heritage from museums across the country As senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature Science Chip Colwell has navigated firsthand the questions of how to weigh the religious freedom of Native Americans against the academic freedom of scientists and whether the emptying of museum shelves elevates human rights or destroys a common heritage This book offers his personal account of the process of repatriation following the trail of four objects as they were created collected and ultimately returned to their sources a sculpture that is a living god the scalp of a massacre victim a ceremonial blanket and a skeleton from a tribe considered by some to be extinct These specific stories reveal a dramatic process that involves not merely obeying the law but negotiating the blurry lines between identity and morality spirituality and politics Things like people have biographies Repatriation Colwell argues is a difficult but vitally important way for museums and tribes to acknowledge that factand heal the wounds of the past while creating a respectful approach to caring for these rich artifacts of history  . to 1500 C.E.. Chapter 1, Boyer. Hiawatha. member of Iroquois tribe. Endless cycle of violence. Family threatened, wanders through forest. Has visions, meets holy man. Introduces condolence of peace to Iroquois tribes. Section 1: Early English Settlements. England in America. Queen Elizabeth gave . Sir Walter Raleigh . the . right to claim land in North America. Sent his expedition to look for a place to settle . and scouts chose Roanoke Island. Native American. Western. Emphasis on the circle . View life as a continuance, or series of repeating cycles. Example: seasons, circle of life (birth, death, rebirth). Death is not an ending, continuance of the cycle. Chapter 5 Section 1 Guided Reading Q&A . Great Plains . Grassland extending through the west-central portion of the United States. . 1. Colorado . 2. Kansas . 3. Montana . 4. Nebraska. 5. . New . Follow along with the print out of the song lyrics.. Indian Reservation Lyrics. "Indian Reservation" was written by . Loudermilk. , John.. They took the whole Cherokee Nation. Put us on this reservation. ‘Cloudstreet’ – The House. The House on Cloud Street provides refuge for the economically unstable pickles and a new start for the hardy Lambs. Represents how the spirits of Aboriginals past stay with the land long after their passing. EARLY SOCIETIES. NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE AREAS. SHARED BELEIFS. I CAN. Identify 2 types of Early Societies in North America and Explain where and how they lived. Define totems. List 3 cultural regions of Native North Americans. Muertos. Celebrated in Mexico November 1. st. and 2. nd. Believed that the gates of Heaven open to allow ancestors and deceased children to reunite with their families for 24 hours. Beautiful altars are made by the families to welcome the spirits. Example – by Ms. H. Cultural Overview. The term, “Native American” is used to describe the indigenous people of North America.. There are many different nations that fall under this term, such as:. Latin . America’s native civilizations and varied . landscapes. , resources. , . and colonial . influences have left the region with a diverse cultural mix. .. Section . 1: Mexico. Section 2: Central America and the Caribbean. Crossing the Land Bridge . The Bering Strait . The first American Indians came from Asia to No. America between 11-12,000 years ago via a land bridge over the Bering Straits. The Gap Today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1n47P2d1Fg&feature=BFa&list=PL1z67Fpyjorhh44M3J7T-wnTFFqO--iJv. th. , 2016. How might these words have played a negative role in Native American Lives?. “The Indians...have no religion, at least no temples...They lack all manner of commerce, neither buying nor selling, and rely exclusively on their natural environment for maintenance.” . Who owns the past and the objects that physically connect us to history? And who has the right to decide this ownership, particularly when the objects are sacred or, in the case of skeletal remains, human? Is it the museums that care for the objects or the communities whose ancestors made them? These questions are at the heart of Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits, an unflinching insider account by a leading curator who has spent years learning how to balance these controversial considerations. Five decades ago, Native American leaders launched a crusade to force museums to return their sacred objects and allow them to rebury their kin. Today, hundreds of tribes use the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act to help them recover their looted heritage from museums across the country. As senior curator of anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Chip Colwell has navigated firsthand the questions of how to weigh the religious freedom of Native Americans against the academic freedom of scientists and whether the emptying of museum shelves elevates human rights or destroys a common heritage. This book offers his personal account of the process of repatriation, following the trail of four objects as they were created, collected, and ultimately returned to their sources: a sculpture that is a living god, the scalp of a massacre victim, a ceremonial blanket, and a skeleton from a tribe considered by some to be extinct. These specific stories reveal a dramatic process that involves not merely obeying the law, but negotiating the blurry lines between identity and morality, spirituality and politics. Things, like people, have biographies. Repatriation, Colwell argues, is a difficult but vitally important way for museums and tribes to acknowledge that fact—and heal the wounds of the past while creating a respectful approach to caring for these rich artifacts of history.   Bell Work. Estimate . the approximate populations of the following places in 1500:. Paris . London . British . Isles . France . Answers!. The populations were as follows: . Paris. : 200,000 . London.