The Historical Paradox Of The American Indian Anthropologist Summary

On page nine of,“The Historical Paradox of the American Indian Anthropologist”, Norcini writes about how Louis Shortridge, a Tlingit museum employee, felt guilty about obtaining a shark helmet for the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Obtaining the helmet in the 1930’s, Shortridge was proud of his culture and modern achievement yet felt like a traitor. Is it possible that Shortridge was pressured by the museum to obtain the object? Or did he put it in the museum by his own will? Did other Tlingits or members of the Kaguanton clan did not like the helmet in the museum and make him feel social pressure? This incident was almost one hundred years ago- how has relationships between Native American museum employees and their museum as well as tribe