UDTR — Radar mondial des droits de la Nature

Culturally Informed Care of Animal Remains in Museum Collections

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Clé publique

radar:r-53ef4bb77785d919e66442c4be01ed68

Auteurs

Grace Thompson

Année déclarée

2026

Langue déclarée

en

Type source

dissertation

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2026-11-14T02:47:26.366558+00:00

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2026-11-14T02:47:26.366558+00:00

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Non effectuée

Institutions déclarées par la source

University of Colorado Boulder

Pays d’affiliation déclarés

US

Résumé documentaire — langue originale

Natural history museum collections in North America, and especially the Western United States, are deeply intertwined with the removal of Indigenous items from Indigenous land and prohibiting access to them, a disconnection which continues to hinder Indigenous autonomy over the knowledges, practices, and lifeways represented by these materials. While this has been partially addressed by the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act and the burgeoning field of cultural care, animal remains are largely absent from museum departments’ collaborative care policies and community consultation despite their cultural significance to many Indigenous peoples. This thesis examines existing storage policies in zooarchaeology, zoology, and paleontology collections departments to develop a dynamic approach to the cultural care of animal remains which prioritizes consultation and responsive integration of Indigenous communities’ curatorial preferences. Museum professionals who work with animal remains can implement collaborative faunal curation policies with a foundation of comprehensive inventory, provenience research, and up-to-date storage methods, an act which strengthens their guiding principles of accessibility, education, and community outreach while building reparative relationships with Native nations. Incorporating Indigenous stewardship preferences into zooarchaeology, paleontology, and zoology collections is an invaluable opportunity to deconstruct the harmful, colonial practices which characterized early natural history museums by reasserting Indigenous agency over museum collections.

Identifiants

OPENALEX

https://openalex.org/W7159747798

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Thèse

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dissertation

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Sources

OpenAlex · Document 1

• Document · https://scholar.colorado.edu/concern/parent/2j62s673s/file_sets/qf85nd350

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