ABSTRACT
In recent years, Native communities and museums have reached an unprecedented level of interaction. The nature and import of this interaction is beginning to transform the way anthropologists and museum professionals view and treat Native American material culture, particularly as it relates to the enduring cultural status of the objects in their care. Clearly, the present situation is quite different from what was around the turn of the century when the intellectual interests of anthropological science and museums merged in a concerted effort to “salvage” remnant Native cultures.
