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PRESERVING TRIBAL TRADITIONS
by Andrew Gulliford
ISBN: 0-87081-579-2 * paper * $32.50
Sacred Objects, Sacred Places combines native
oral histories, photographs, drawings, and case studies to present current
issues of cultural preservation vital to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and
Native Hawaiians. Complete with commentaries by native peoples, non-native
curators, and archaeologists, this book discusses the repatriation of human
remains, the curation and exhibition of sacred masks and medicine bundles, and
key cultural compromises for preservation successes in protecting sacred places
on private, state, and federal lands.
The author traveled thousands of
miles over a ten-year period to meet and interview tribal elders, visit sacred
places, and discuss the power of sacred objects in order to present the
essential debates surrounding tribal historic preservation. Without revealing
the exact locations of sacred places (unless tribes have gone public with their
cultural concerns), Gulliford discusses the cultural significance of tribal
sacred sites and the ways in which they are being preserved. Some of the case
studies included are the Wyoming Medicine Wheel, Devil's Tower National
Monument, Mount Shasta in California, Mount Graham in Arizona, and the Sweet
Grass Hills in Montana. Federal laws are reviewed in the context of tribal
preservation programs, and tribal elders discuss specific cases of
repatriation.
Though the book describes numerous tribal tragedies and
offers examples of cultural theft, Sacred Objects and Sacred Places affirms
living traditions. It reveals how the resolution of these controversies in
favor of native people will ensure their cultural continuity in a changing and
increasingly complex world. The issues of returning human remains, curating
sacred objects, and preserving tribal traditions are addressed to provide the
reader with a full picture of Native Americans' struggles to keep their
heritage alive.
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AMERICA'S COUNTRY SCHOOLS:
by Andrew Gulliford
ISBN: 0870814222 * paper * $29.95
For more that 250 years, America's country schools were the heart of American education. On the frontier these school houses also served as community centers for church gatherings, dances, spelling bees, elections, wedding, and burials. In 1939 approximately 150,000 one-teacher schools existed in the USA. Today less than 1000 remain. America's Country Schools is a comprehensive work that chronicles a distinctive era in American education. The first section provides an overview of the historical role of rural schools in the USA. It is followed with a section on architecture. The book concludes with several chapters on documenting and preserving country schools. The text is rich in anecdotes taken from extensive research and interviews with teachers and pupils. More than four hundred striking photographs, historical views, modern-day scenes, exteriors and interiors, help bring to life the people as well as the buildings. This award-winning book is the first of its kind to examine the country school as a distinct architectural type.
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