By Le Figaro with AFP
Published on 01/27/2024 at 07:23, Updated on 01/27/2024 at 18:14
The goal of the U.S. government is to return these Native American artifacts to the tribes. Itza / stock.adobe.com
The institution is complying with new government rules, requiring museums to obtain consent from descendants of indigenous tribes before displaying objects linked to cultural practices or beliefs.
The American Museum of Natural History in New York announced Friday that it would close two rooms to the public in which Native American objects are exhibited, in accordance with new government rules. These rules, put in place by the Joe Biden administration and entered into force on January 12, require museums to obtain consent from the descendants of indigenous tribes before exhibiting objects linked to cultural, religious or religious practices or beliefs. funerals. The objective is, ultimately, to return these objects to the tribes.
In view of the large number of Native American objects exhibited in two of its rooms, the New York Museum of Natural History decided to close them rather than remove or cover certain objects. These items include a birch bark canoe from the Menominee tribe, 12,000-year-old darts and a Katsina doll from the Hopi tribe in Arizona.
This decision reflects a feeling “increasing urgency” on the part of all museums to review the way they represent indigenous cultures, according to the director of the prestigious museum Sean Decatur. The New York Museum of Natural History attracts some 4.5 million visitors a year.
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Other American museums, such as the Field Museum in Chicago, the Peaboy Museum of Archeology and Ethnology at Harvard University and the Cleveland Museum of Art, have covered some display cases or removed only the most sensitive objects, according to the New York Times.
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