Course. We are still in module three which is about museums and current debates. So far weve looked at a number of issues having to deal with museums today including the history off the universal art museum. We talk about the ethics of collection especially historical materials. We looked at some of the oldest restitution claims and discussions like the marbles and the problems of equities that have been looted in recent years that end up in public museums. Today we are going to take up a special case native american Cultural Heritage primarily in the United States and canada for a little bit. As always, we approach these from the plaintiff view of human rights andg there are many other ways of approaching these issues. So, first, a reminder that wherever we are we are always on native land. If you go to this wonderful website, you can put in your zip code and discover a native map of your area and where you are from a native perspective. Here we are this is a big area and we are somew
History of the universal art museum. We talked about the ethics of especially of historical. We looked at some of the oldest restitution and discussions like the parthenon marbles. We talked the problem of antiquities that have been looted in recent years and that end up in public museums and weve talked about calls to decolonize the museum today were going to take a special case a native american Cultural Heritage primarily in the United States and canada for a little bit in. As always, we approach these issues from the point of view of art history, museums, studies, human rights. There are many other ways of approaching these issues. So first, a reminder that wherever we are in the americas are always on native land. If you go to this wonderful website, you can put your zip code and you can discover a native map of your area. You can figure out where you are from a native. And here we are. This is the bay area and we are somewhere over here on the historic territory of the part when
Thank you, kevin. We can all thank rick for doing a fantastic meditation on this. A 30,000 foot level of issues we wanted to discuss today. To celebrate 25 years, we need to go back further than 25 years to see how we got to that point 25 years ago. Our first panel was about that. Behind the scenes of the act. The early years. We are so fortunate to have presenters, panelist who can speak to this with an incredible depth of knowledge. I would like to welcome them to come now. The first is Patricia Zell. She serves as the editor of the indian law and order. She retired in march 2005 following 25 years of service on the u. S. Senate committee where committee on Indian Affairs where she served as the democratic staff director and chief counsel for the last 19 years of her senate service. The depth of knowledge possessed on these issues is unparalleled. She worked for the u. S. Commission on civil rights American Psychological association. Ive been fortunate to work with her on the board o
Panel discussion on congress and the creation of that 1989 law. Speakers included one of the funding Founding Trustees and the American Indian committees chief counsel. An hour. Little over rick for all thank doing a fantastic meditation on this. Level of issues we wanted to discuss today. To celebrate 25 years, we need to go back further than 25 years to see how we got to that point 25 years ago. Our first panel was about that. Of the act. Cenes we are so fortunate to have presenters, panelist who can speak to this with an incredible depth of knowledge. I would like to welcome them to come now. [indiscernible] editor of thethe indian law and order. She retired in march 2005 following 25 years of service on the u. S. Senate committee where she served as the democratic staff director and chief counsel for the last 19 years of her senate service. The depth of knowledge possessed on these issues is unparalleled. She worked for the u. S. Commission on civil rights, American Psychological a
Not forgotten americans. They continue to be appropriately remembered by those in this nation that they came to be a part of all those years ago. As an irish person, i would like to extend my gratitude to you all for that. And for the privilege of speaking to you about one of their number today. Thank you very much. [applause] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the civil war airs every saturday at 6 00 and 10 00 p. M. Eastern time. To learn more, visit www. Cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv, all weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the National Museum of the American Indian act. The law established a National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall as part of the Smithsonian Institution and encouraged the smithsonian to return any human remains and funerary objec