Laura Lynn Peers

Cara Krmpotich

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.

Haida Material Heritage and Changing Museum Practice

This Is Our Life

John S. Long

Regina Flannery

Story of a Cree woman born in the mid-nineteenth century in Quebec describing the massive changes that occurred during those years from a woman's point of view.

Glimpses of a Cree Woman's Life

Ellen Smallboy

Playing Ourselves explores the ongoing trend for reconstructed historic sites to broaden their interpretation of early America by adding Native American interpreters to staffs that formerly presented from a primarily European perspective, examining the reasons behind this shift and the effects it has on visitors and performers. Peers uses her detailed observations of five historic reconstructions to both examine the theoretical aspects of their cultural performance and advise interpreters and their managers on how to more effectively present the inclusive history to which they aspire.

Laura Lynn Peers

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