Dissecting Grafts
In 1866, six Inuits were taken to the United States for the purpose of serving as specimens to American scientists at the Natural History Museum. Shortly after their arrival in New York, four of them had died. One of the survivors returned to the Arctic, while the sixth, Minik, now alone, fought to...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1177/039219219404216706 2024-04-07T07:49:58+00:00 Dissecting Grafts The Anthropology of the Medical Uses of the Human Body Le Breton, David 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/039219219404216706 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/039219219404216706 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0392192100314304 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Diogenes volume 42, issue 167, page 95-111 ISSN 0392-1921 1467-7695 General Arts and Humanities Cultural Studies journal-article 1994 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1177/039219219404216706 2024-03-08T00:33:45Z In 1866, six Inuits were taken to the United States for the purpose of serving as specimens to American scientists at the Natural History Museum. Shortly after their arrival in New York, four of them had died. One of the survivors returned to the Arctic, while the sixth, Minik, now alone, fought to make possible the return of the remains of his dead companions to their village. Since the latter were being exhibited, as was then often the case (and happens even today in many museums), in order to offer visitors examples of the Inuk people, Minik protested in vain. In 1909 he returned to Greenland when the scientists denied that the remains of his friends still existed. Several years later, still pursuing the issue, he went back to the United States to take up the fight against the bureaucracy for the repatriation of the bodies. He died in the United States in 1918. It was only in 1993 that he won out and that the remains of the four were returned to the Arctic homeland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland inuits Cambridge University Press Arctic Greenland Diogenes 42 167 95 111 |
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In 1866, six Inuits were taken to the United States for the purpose of serving as specimens to American scientists at the Natural History Museum. Shortly after their arrival in New York, four of them had died. One of the survivors returned to the Arctic, while the sixth, Minik, now alone, fought to make possible the return of the remains of his dead companions to their village. Since the latter were being exhibited, as was then often the case (and happens even today in many museums), in order to offer visitors examples of the Inuk people, Minik protested in vain. In 1909 he returned to Greenland when the scientists denied that the remains of his friends still existed. Several years later, still pursuing the issue, he went back to the United States to take up the fight against the bureaucracy for the repatriation of the bodies. He died in the United States in 1918. It was only in 1993 that he won out and that the remains of the four were returned to the Arctic homeland. |
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