dear mr lauren lux
Currently, i am ma candiate at the reinwardt academy, starting form july
15th i will be working for an icomos collection management program in
alaska. as you can imagine we will enocunter many of the problems discussed
in your thesis when documentiong the collection/ I was therefore wondering
what the result where of you questionnaire and if you are planning to
publish your paper.

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was wondering what the outcome of your questionnaire was


At 10:31 8-04-98 -0400, you wrote:
>Questionnaire about Repatriation of North American Indian Artifacts
>
>I am currently a student in M.A. anthropology program in Laval University
>(Quebec city). I am concerned about the relationship between museums and
>native peoples in North America. The main objective of my project is to
>piece together the history of the repatriation of native artifacts in order
>to explore the relationship between museums and natives in political and
>intellectual contexts.
>
>Could you respond the following questions?
>
>Institution:
>Your name:
>Your occupation:
>
>1. In general, what role should museums play?
>
>2. What are the main concerns and characteristics of ethnographic museums
>or keepers of ethnographic collections?
>
>3. How do you define the role of museums in relation to Native Peoples?
>
>4. What do you think about the repatriation of cultural property?
>
>5. Do you find that museological knowledge, research practices and
>experiences about the cultures of Native Peoples are legitimate and well
>adapted?
>
>6. Do you think museums are concerned enough with Native Peoples
>contemporary cultural needs with regard to their heritage?
>
>7. Do you feel it is normal for your actions concerning the management of
>Native Peoples collections to be subjected to criticism or recommendations?
>Why?
>
>8. Finally, do you think political influence on the part of Native Peoples
>is closely linked to the repatriation of artifacts? Why?
>
>
>You participation, patience and concern really helped my research. Please
>tell your team how much I appreciated your efforts.
>Sincerely,
>Laurent Lux
>
>Laurent Lux
>1359 4th Avenue
>Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
>G1J 3B7
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