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2014-11-21T20:18:28.000Z
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Video Title:
Going Home 11: Native Community and Agency Perspectives - Leigh Kuwanwisiwma
Description:
The 1989 National Museum of the American Indian Act (NMAIA) opened a new era in relations between Native Americans and museums by giving legal weight to the spiritual and ethical concerns of tribes. To commemorate 25 years of repatriation, the National Museum of the American Indian has convened this symposium to discuss the history of the NMAIA, current repatriation practices at the Smithsonian Institution, and the future of repatriation beyond political and geographical boundaries. In this segment, Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Director of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office speaks on the panel topic, "Putting the NMAIA in a Broader Context: Native Community and Agency Perspectives." Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma has served as Director for the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office for 25 years. Under his direction, the Office is responsible for consultation with various federal and state agencies as well as more than 300 museums nationwide. In addition, he oversees a language program, archives, repatriation initiatives, and research in archaeology and ethnohistory. Kuwanwisiwma has been a member of the Arizona Archaeology Commission and the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Northern Arizona, as well as serving on various cultural advisory teams with the National Park Service and museums. He is an enrolled member of the Hopi Tribe, a fluent language speaker, and a member of the Roadrunner Clan. His village is Bacavi on third mesa. The symposium, "Going Home: 25 Years of Repatriation Under the NMAI Act," was webcast and recorded at the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on November 19, 2014.
Video Duration:
31 min 57 sec
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Native American Indian Museum Smithsonian "Indigenous Peoples" "Smithsonian Institution" "Smithsonian NMAI" "National Museum of the American Indian"
