Material culture in flux : law and policy of repatriation of cultural property / introduction, Darcy N. Edgar, Robert K. Paterson.

Special issue; papers from conference "Material culture in flux - repatriation of cultural property", Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, 20-21 May, 1994. - Includes footnotes. - Contents: I, Cultural protection: the story of a Saanich bowl. Back from the brink: Canada's First Nations' right to preserve Canadian heritage / Diana Henry; The aboriginal right to cultural property / Patrick Walker, C. Ostrove; New futures for the past: cooperation between First Nations and museums in Canada / Barbara J. Winter; II, Repatriation and protection of cultural property outside Canada. The new fiduciary duty of US museums to repatriate cultural heritage: the Oregon experience / J.A.R. Nafziger; Aboriginal cultural heritage in Australia / Shelley E. Wright; The Maatatu declaration / H.M. Mead; Museums can never own the remains of other people but they can care for them / Robin J. Watt; The imperilment of cultural property in the People's Republic of China / J. David Murphy; The Qikertarmiut and the scientist / G.L. Pullar; III, Repatriation and protection of First Nations culture in Canada. The Potlatch collection repatriation / G. Cranmer Webster; The task force on museums and First Peoples / Trudy Nicks; Limitations, legislation and domestic repatriation / Catherine E. Bell; Appropriation of Aboriginal oral traditions / C. Callison; Cultural perpetuation / gii-dahl-guud-sliaay; IV, International repatriation and protection of cultural property. Canada's "Cultural property export and import act" / D.A. Walden; Peacekeeping, occupation and cultural property / M. Haunton; Repatriation of cultural property / L.V. Prott; The legal dynamics of cultural property export controls / R.K. Paterson; Provenance and trade in cultural heritage / P.J. O'Keefe; What do Matisse, Van Gogh and Hitler have in common? / J.H. Merryman; Art loans / Norman Palmer; V, Technological strategies to recover stolen or illegally obtained art objects. The role of IFAR and the Art Loss Register / C. Lowenthal; Using information to protect cultural property: the bibliographic database on heritage law and other resources / B.L. Rotterberg.

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