This Is Our Life-Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice

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Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice

Cara Krmpotich and Laura Peers, with the Haida Repatriation Committee and the staff of the Pitt Rivers Museum and British Museum

In September 2009, twenty-one members of the Haida Nation went to the Pitt Rivers Museum and the British Museum to work with several hundred heritage treasures. Featuring contributions from all the participants and a rich selection of illustrations, This Is Our Life details the remarkable story of the Haida Project – from the planning to the encounter and through the years that followed. A fascinating look at the meaning behind objects, the value of repatriation, and the impact of historical trajectories like colonialism, this is also a story of the understanding that grew between the Haida people and museum staff.