From Amy Shakespeare A brand-new website, Routes to Return, aims to open up global networks, share information, and enable international repatriation from European museums to Indigenous Nations and Communities around the world. The first free resource on the site, Understanding the ...
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To Honour and Respect Exhibition, Website and Educational Resources
From Laura Peers The To Honour and Respect exhibit of 13 quilled birchbark makakoon, made in 1860 at Hiawatha First Nation as gifts for the Prince of Wales, will close on 19 November. Please come to the Peterborough Museum & Archives and visit the makakoon while ...
GRASAC Awarded $280,000 in SSHRC Insight Grant Competition
From Cara Krmpotich It’s official! A team of GRASAC researchers has been awarded $280,000 in this year’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Grant competition. Over the next four years, the team will be developing ethical methods for stewarding digital ...
Mourning the Passing of Robbie Robertson
From the Woodland Cultural Centre Robbie Robertson’s career was influenced by early trips with his mother Rosemarie to visit family in Six Nations of the Grand River – a community known for supporting musical and artistic talent. Robertson’s passion for music was matched by his kindness and ...
New Document Calls for Equitable Partnership between Museums and Native Communities
From Elysia Poon, School for Advanced Research On July 25, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) announced the release of the Standards for Museums with Native American Collections (SMNAC), a comprehensive document to help museums clarify and ...