Plundered skulls and stolen spirits : inside the fight to reclaim native America's culture - Colwell, Chip 1975- (John Stephen) (Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017)
Introduction -- Resistance: war gods -- Only after night fall -- Keepers of the sky -- Magic relief -- Tribal resolution -- All things will eat themselves up -- This far away -- Regret: a scalp from Sand Creek -- I have come to kill Indians -- The Bones Bill -- We are going back home -- Indian trophies -- Ac.35b -- A wound of the soul -- Reluctance: killer whale flotilla robe -- Masterless things -- Chief Shakes -- Johnson v. Chilkat Indian Village -- Cranes' last stand -- The weight was heavy -- Our culture is not dying -- Respect: Calusa skulls -- The hardest cases -- Long since completely disappeared -- Unidentifiable -- Their place of understanding -- Timeless limbo -- Before we just gave up -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: United States; Indians of North America -- Antiquities; Indians of North America -- Material culture -- United States; Human remains (Archaeology) -- Repatriation -- United States; Cultural property -- Repatriation -- United States; Museums and Indians -- United States; Anthropological museums and collections -- United States; Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Anthropological ethics -- United States