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Expanded loans as forms of indigenous access, reconnection, and sovereignty

Abstract:: Addressing the legacies of colonial collections and enabling Indigenous Peoples to reconnect with or extend sovereignty over ancestral items in museums requires tools in addition to repatriation. This article explores the concept of an expanded loan, which adds to the activities normally connected to a loan to include meaningful forms of Indigenous community engagement with loaned items, including ceremony and out-of-case visits/research sessions. The To Honour and Respect project, an expanded loan from the Royal Collection Trust to the Peterborough Museum and Archives in Canada, led by Hiawatha First Nation, is used as a case study to examine the possibilities and tensions raised by expanded loans.

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Peers, L., Beavis, L., & Beavis, C. (2025). Expanded loans as forms of indigenous access, reconnection, and sovereignty. Museum Worlds, 12(1), 1–15.

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Peers, L., et al. “Expanded Loans as Forms of Indigenous Access, Reconnection, and Sovereignty.” Museum Worlds, vol. 12, no. 1, Berghahn Journals, 2025, pp. 1–15.

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Peers, L, L Beavis, and C Beavis. 2025. “Expanded Loans as Forms of Indigenous Access, Reconnection, and Sovereignty.” Museum Worlds 12 (1): 1–15.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: SAME
Sub department:: Pitt Rivers Museum
Oxford college:: Linacre College
Role:: Author
ORCID:: 0000-0002-0332-8306

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Publisher:: Berghahn Journals
Journal:: Museum Worlds More from this journal
Volume:: 12
Issue:: 1
Pages:: 1-15
Publication date:: 2025-07-01
Acceptance date:: 2024-12-08
DOI:: 10.3167/armw.2024.120102
EISSN:: 2049-6737
ISSN:: 2049-6729

Language:: English
Keywords:: Indigenous

loans

Michi Saagiig

reconnection

repatriation

sovereignty
Pubs id:: 2079316
Local pid:: pubs:2079316
Deposit date:: 2025-01-20

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Copyright date:: 2025
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