Leanne Betasamosake Simpson presents an ethical framework around consent that challenges the way museums currently handle material culture. Oral history presents one way to navigate these challenges and to preserve the relationship between object and community.
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This is an image from the music video for “How to Steal a Canoe” from the 2016 album f(l)ight by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson. The video uses miniature models and stop-motion animation. In the image three birchbark canoes hang, suspended by chains, in a dark warehouse space.