Who were Little Chief, Little Plume and Horse, and their families? Northern Arapaho writer Jordan Dresser tells their story, in honor of the PBS doc Home From School: The Children of Carlisle.
The helmet of the legendary Greek General Miltiades, who fought at the Battle of Marathon 2,500 years ago, in the Archaeological Museum of Athens. Ancient Greek helmets are of enormous interest to collectors worldwide, and the sale of these antiquities is often illicit. Christie’s Auction House is known for selling items of questionable provenance, according…
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Illinois State Museum Joins Global Conversation on the Return of Cultural Heritage
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois State Museum (ISM) will join museums, universities, and museum professionals across five continents virtually April through June to present a four-part conversation series on repatriation and the return of cultural heritage.
Due to colonization practices, museums hold in their collections ancestors, belongings, and treasures belonging to Indigenous peoples. As museums atone with past practices and engage Indigenous communities, they are beginning to return some of their holdings to the cultures where they belong. However, a viable, international approach to repatriation has yet to be found.
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Laura Knoy:
Laura Knoy:
Given the current controversy over Confederate statues, how should we view the statue of Hannah Duston in colonial times? She was lauded as a hero for killing and scalping 10 natives who had captured her. A statue of Duston was erected in 1874 and still stands on an island in the Merrimack River. But today, many feel the story and the statue are problematic. Our guests today are among those native Granite Staters and historians who say the standard Duston narrative offers too simple a view of an incredibly complicated time in New England history. And they re working to retell this legend through a much wider lens today. In exchange, how should we view the Hannah Duston story?