{"product_id":"first-nations-museums-narrations-2","title":"First Nations, Museums, Narrations","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the Franklin Motor Expedition set out across the Canadian Prairies to collect First Nations artifacts, brutal assimilation policies threatened to decimate these cultures and extensive programs of ethnographic salvage were in place. Despite having only three members, the expedition amassed the largest single collection of Prairie heritage items currently held in a British museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Alison K. Brown draws together the multiple narratives that make up this encounter, consulting descendants of the collectors and members of the affected First Nations and reviewing both expedition images and the artifacts themselves. In doing so, she explores the context within which the collection was made as well as the complex relationships between museums, anthropologists, and First Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessibly written and vigorously researched, \u003cem\u003eFirst Nations, Museums, Narrations\u003c\/em\u003e raises timely questions about the role of collections in the twenty-first century and considers the way forward for indigenous peoples and the museums that house their cultural treasures. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison K. Brown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573313372342,"sku":"9780774827270","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774827270_03601233-6c13-46b0-83e5-b8f31c45903d.jpg?v=1727877143","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/first-nations-museums-narrations-2","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}