The Wind Returns: A Capstone Project for the Northern Arapaho Experience Cultural Room

<p>Everything has a purpose. Museums exist for a reason. A collections management policy defines that purpose. A well-crafted policy advances the mission of a museum by outlining its collecting guidelines. It establishes the organization’s identity. This can be empowering for Native American communities that have experienced great historical, cultural, and personal loss. Tribal museums are becoming important sites where Native people are collecting, preserving, and interpreting their cultural materials; they are reclaiming their tribal identity. This project, entitled The Wind Returns, describes how I will create a collections management policy for the Northern Arapaho Experience Cultural Room while also cataloging the items already in the organization’s collection. Using project management skills, I will outline key strategies to plan, implement, and evaluate the project. Most importantly, I will explore how this journey can empower the Northern Arapaho Tribe.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Museum Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Restricted Project/Capstone - USF access only

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Museum Studies

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Dresser, Jordan G

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stephanie A. Brown
• Paula Birnbaum
• Marjorie Schwarzer

• tribal museums
• collections management policies
• museum studies
• Native American
• Wind River Indian Reservation
• Northern Arapaho
• Indigenous Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/266

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1278