TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ACKNOW   LEDGMENTS....................................              ........... .   3

LIST O F FIG U R ES  ............................................... ...... .  .. ......... .............   6

A B S T R A C T ......................................................... ..... .........................................   7

CHAPTERS

1   IN T R O D U C T IO N  ........... .................. . ...................  .......... .......... .  10

2   HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL OVERVIEW ........................ ...... .............. 12

    In tro d u ctio n  ......................... . ........ ... ........ .... ........ ...................... . . .  12
       A Broader Ideological Shift for Museology: A Question of Societal
         Relevance .   ................................................. . ........... . 12
         Cultural Representation  in  Exhibits.......................... ................ 13
         Collections  Accessibility  .................................. ..............  ..... ......... . 14
           Native American-museum   relationships ...... ................ ....................... 14
    Museum  Collections Practices  Before  the  1990s ........ ................................... 15
        Collecting  Practices for Ethnographic Collections................ ..... ............. 15
        Problem s   ............................ ..  .... .. . ................. .......... . 16
    History of Exhibition Practices Before the 1990s .............. ..... ................. 17
        Issues of Representation .......................................... ...... ......... .......... 17
        Public Protest: Values  and  Voice  ....... ................ ...... ... .... ..............  19
    Museum Collections Practices For Ethnographic Collections ca. 1990 to
      Present..................    ............................................. 21
      A   Shift in  Collections  Practices ........... ......... . .... .....  ....... ...... 21
        New Forms of Native Collections Accessibility .................................................. 22
        Solutions to a Contested Past: Building Trust through Inclusive Collections
        P ra c tic e s  ............................ .. ............ ................ ................. .... . ..... . .  2 4
    Exhibition and Issues of Representation Post-1990s.............. .................. 25
        Issues of Representation......................................... .. ............... . 25
        Partnership   ........................................    . .......... . 26
    R o le  of  T e chno log y ...................................................   ...................... . ........... .  2 7
       A Call for the Application of Technology in Museum Partnerships ............... 27
       Public Expectations for Immediate Information Access ............... ........... 27
       Online Collections Accessibility .............. ........ .... ........ ............... 29
       Exhibition Practices  through  Technology.............................. .................... 31
    C o n c lu s io n  .............................................. ....... ......... . .......  3 3

3   PROJECT GOALS AND METHODS .............      ................................ 34

    In tro d u c tio n ................................................................................  3 4
        Project G oals  ................................................................ ... ........  ..................   34
        Museums and Community Co-Design ........................  .............. 35