Building a Nation: Chickasaw Museums and the Construction of History and Heritage

by Joshua M. Gorman

Using museum and heritage sites as places to define itself as a coherent and legitimate contemporary Indian nation, the Chickasaw Nation struggles to remain accurate and yet apace with the evolving nature of museums

The Chickasaw Nation, an American Indian nation headquartered in southeastern Oklahoma, entered into a period of substantial growth in the late 1980s. Following its successful reorganization and expansion, which was enabled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317406
• ISBN13: 9780817317409
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"