4 Privileged Knowledge versus Public Education: Tensions at Acwsalcta, the Nuxalk Nation “Place of Learning”

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps vi
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. Prologue: The Repatriation of the Nuxalk Echo Mask ix
6. Introduction 3
7. The History of Bella Coola: A History of Theft 23
8. “Selling Out” or “Buying In”? Identity Politics and Art Objectification in Bella Coola 45
9. Privileged Knowledge versus Public Education: Tensions at Acwsalcta, the Nuxalk Nation “Place of Learning” 66
10. Physical and Figurative Repatriation: Case Studies of the Nuxalk Echo Mask and the Nuxalk Sun Mask 87
11. Theft Inside and Out: The Making of a Theory 104
12. Conclusions: Articulating Nuxalk National Identity 117
13. Notes 128
14. References 137
15. Index 147