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These Mysterious People, Second EditionShaping History and Archaeology in a Northwest Coast Community |
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The story of how the Musqueam First Nation have used cultural objects to take control of their history and land.
Archaeologists studying human remains and burial sites of North America's Indigenous peoples have discovered more than information about the beliefs and practices of cultures - they have also found controversy. These Mysterious People shows how Western ideas and attitudes about Indigenous peoples have transformed one culture's ancestors, burial grounds, and possessions into another culture's "specimens," "archaeological sites," and "ethnographic artifacts," in the process disassociating Natives from their own histories.
Focusing on the Musqueam people and a contentious archaeological site in Vancouver, These Mysterious People details the relationship between the Musqueam and researchers from the late-nineteenth century to the present. Susan Roy traces the historical development of competing understandings of the past and reveals how the Musqueam First Nation used information derived from archaeological finds to assist the larger recognition of territorial rights. She also details the ways in which Musqueam legal and cultural expressions of their own history - such as land claim submissions, petitions, cultural displays, and testimonies - have challenged public accounts of Aboriginal occupation and helped to define Aboriginal rights in Canada. An important and engaging examination of methods of historical representation, These Mysterious People analyses the ways historical evidence, material culture, and places themselves have acquired legal and community authority.
Focusing on the Musqueam people and a contentious archaeological site in Vancouver, These Mysterious People details the relationship between the Musqueam and researchers from the late-nineteenth century to the present. Susan Roy traces the historical development of competing understandings of the past and reveals how the Musqueam First Nation used information derived from archaeological finds to assist the larger recognition of territorial rights. She also details the ways in which Musqueam legal and cultural expressions of their own history - such as land claim submissions, petitions, cultural displays, and testimonies - have challenged public accounts of Aboriginal occupation and helped to define Aboriginal rights in Canada. An important and engaging examination of methods of historical representation, These Mysterious People analyses the ways historical evidence, material culture, and places themselves have acquired legal and community authority.
Details
Part of the McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies (number 64 in series)
244 Pages, 6 x 9
43 b&w photos
ISBN 9780773547100
June 2016
Formats: Paperback, Cloth, eBook
"These Mysterious People presents the audience with a story that is as interesting, entertaining, captivating, and provocative as any good crime novel, yet reflects an academic dedication to a meticulous review of archival material... I would recommend These Mysterious People to anyone interested in Northwest Coast archaeology, anthropology, history, and/or sociopolitical struggle in this colonially dominated environment(s)." The Midden
"Through its analysis of the shifting meanings of Musqueam archaeology in and around Vancouver, Roy's excellent book will encourage readers to rethink their understandings of colonial excavations and land appropriation and to recognize and incorporate the historical presence of Aboriginal people and places into narratives that previously excluded them." BC Studies
"Through its analysis of the shifting meanings of Musqueam archaeology in and around Vancouver, Roy's excellent book will encourage readers to rethink their understandings of colonial excavations and land appropriation and to recognize and incorporate the historical presence of Aboriginal people and places into narratives that previously excluded them." BC Studies
Susan Roy is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History at York University and is a historical research consultant for Indigenous communities in Canada.
Contents
Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Acronyms xvii
Preface to the Second Edition by Jordan Wilson xix
A note on the henqeminemLanguage by Jill Campbell xxiii
Introduction: The Travels of qeyscam 3
1 “Who Were These Mysterious People?” 16
2 Burial Grounds as Sites of Archaeology: Harlan I. Smith
and the Jesup North Pacific Expedition 30
3 Musqueam House Posts and the Construction
of the “Ethnographic” Object 55
4 The National Colonial Culture and the Politics of Removal
and Reburial 82
5 The Great Fraser Midden and the Civic Colonial Culture 100
6 From Colonial Culture to Reclamation Culture: The Musqueam,
Charles E. Borden, and Salvage Archaeology in British Columbia 119
7 Conclusion 146
Notes 155
Bibliography 189
Index 209
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Figures ix
Acknowledgments xi
Acronyms xvii
Preface to the Second Edition by Jordan Wilson xix
A note on the henqeminemLanguage by Jill Campbell xxiii
Introduction: The Travels of qeyscam 3
1 “Who Were These Mysterious People?” 16
2 Burial Grounds as Sites of Archaeology: Harlan I. Smith
and the Jesup North Pacific Expedition 30
3 Musqueam House Posts and the Construction
of the “Ethnographic” Object 55
4 The National Colonial Culture and the Politics of Removal
and Reburial 82
5 The Great Fraser Midden and the Civic Colonial Culture 100
6 From Colonial Culture to Reclamation Culture: The Musqueam,
Charles E. Borden, and Salvage Archaeology in British Columbia 119
7 Conclusion 146
Notes 155
Bibliography 189
Index 209
henqeminem
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$115.00 CAD
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