Authors: Susan Seddon Boulet.
Calendar, 12 pages
Publisher: Pomegranate
Publication Date: 2008-06-01
Edition: Wall

Reviews :

    Imbued with ancient Native American shamanic symbolism, the twelve ethereal Boulet images in this calendar are each accompanied by an informative caption or an excerpt from a Native American song, chant, or prayer.

Size: 12 x 13 in.; opens to 12 x 26 in....

Authors: Chief Joseph. Sitting Bull. Chief Tecumseh. Chief Seattle. Chief Geronimo. Crazy Horse.
Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 2000-06-20


Reviews :

    Remarkable for their eloquence and depth of feeling, these 82 speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with non-indigenous peoples. Speakers include Chief Joseph, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Seattle, Geronimo, Crazy Horse, and many lesser-known leaders, whose compelling words are graced by forceful metaphors and vivid imagery.
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Authors: Janet Catherine Berlo. Ruth B. Phillips.
Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication Date: 1998-11-19


Reviews :

    This exciting new investigation explores the indigenous arts of the US and Canada from the early pre-Columbian period to the present day, stressing the conceptual and iconographic continuities over five centuries and across an immensely diverse range of regions. The richness of Native American art is emphasized through discussions of basketry, wood and rock carvings, dance masks, and beadwork, alongside the contemporary vitality of paintings and installations by modern artists such as Robert Davidson, Emmi Whitehorse, and Alex Janvier. Authors Berlo and Philips fully incorporate substantive new research and scholarship, and examine such issues as gender, representation, the colonial encounter, and contemporary arts. By encompassing both the sacred and secular, political and domestic, the ceremonial and commercial, Native North American Art shows the importance of the visual arts in maintaining the integrity of spiritual, social , political, and economic systems within Native North American societies....

Authors: Joseph M. Marshall III.
Calendar, 26 pages
Publisher: Amber Lotus Publishing
Publication Date: 2008-07-10
Edition: Wal

Reviews :

    The Lakota Way 2009 wall calendar features all original medicine shield artwork from Lakota artist and author Joseph M. Marshall III and Dakota artist Joseph Chamberlain. Each spread includes the Lakota names for the months, such as 'When the Geese Return' and 'When Berries are Good.' Mr. Marshall's text presents a traditional Lakota virtue for each month, guiding the reader along the Lakota path of wisdom. Joseph M. Marshall III is a teacher, historian, Lakota craftsman and writer. He has authored several screenplays in addition to five books, including the highly acclaimed Walking with Grandfather, The Lakota Way and The Journey of Crazy Horse. Mr. Marshall is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and was most recently involved with the television mini-series Into the West as narrator, actor and consultant. Joseph Chamberlain is a Dakota artist who portrays the Sioux tribe's culture and traditions through paintings and drawings. His art has graced many books and CD covers....

Authors: Keith H. Basso.
Paperback, 144 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 1979-08-31


Reviews :

    'The Whiteman' is one of the most powerful and pervasive symbols in contemporary American Indian cultures. Portraits of 'the Whiteman': linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache investigates a complex form of joking in which Apaches stage carefully crafted imitations of Anglo-Americans and, by means of these characterizations, give audible voice and visible substance to their conceptions of this most pressing of social 'problems'. Keith Basso's essay, based on linguistic and ethnographic materials collected in Cibecue, a Western Apache community, provides interpretations of selected joking encounters to demonstrate how Apaches go about making sense of the behaviour of Anglo-Americans. The portraits developed in these texts are understood as models of Whitemen and for dealing with Whitemen created by Apaches for Apaches. More obliquely, they also express Apaches' conception of themselves, for 'the Whiteman' has long been a symbol of what 'the Apache' is not. This study draws on current theory in symbolic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and the dramaturgical model of human communication developed by Erving Goffman. Although the assumptions and premises that shape these areas of inquiry are held by some to be quite disparate, this analysis shows them to be fully compatible and mutually complementary. In order to make explicit the meanings of joking texts, Basso examines in detail the abstract principles, both linguistic and nonlinguistic, for constructing and interpreting joking imitations in the context of face-to-face encounters. An exercise in cultural interpretation, this essay is also a study of ethnographic theory, the anthropology of play, American Indian humor, and the function of ethic boundaries in the everyday life of a modern Western Apache community....

Authors: Gisele Diaz. Alan Rodgers.
Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 1993-06-22


Reviews :

    First publication of remarkable repainting of outstanding Mexican codex (priceless original is in Vatican Library), thought to have originated in the Cholula area, ca. a.d. 1400. Seventy-six large full-color plates show an astounding array of gods, kings, warriors, mythical creatures and abstract designs. A work of rare power and beauty now available in this inexpensive, high-quality edition. Introduction.
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Authors: Wabun Wind.
Calendar, 26 pages
Publisher: Amber Lotus Publishing
Publication Date: 2008-07-10
Edition: Wal

Reviews :

    When the late Sun Bear first had his vision of the Medicine Wheel, he did not know how far-reaching that vision would be. Millions of people around the world have read the Medicine Wheel books, and untold numbers have participated in Medicine Wheel ceremonies to honor and heal the Earth Mother. Sandra Stanton's series of paintings beautifully illustrate the system of Earth Astrology that invites us back into harmony with the earth. Traditional Earth Astrology wisdom accompanies the paintings. In this calendar you will learn more about the positive and healing qualities of people born under, or passing through, the twelve different moons. The Medicine Wheel teachings help us better appreciate the diversity of all Earth's people and find our own special place in the sacred web of the natural world....

Authors: Lowery Stokes Sims. Truman Lowe. Paul Chaat Smith.
Hardcover, 192 pages
Publisher: Prestel USA
Publication Date: 2008-11-30


Reviews :

    In the 1960s and 70s, the notion of American Indian art was
turned on its head by artists who fought against prejudice and
popular clichés. At the forefront of this revolution was Scholder
(1937 2005), whose portrayals of Native American life
combined realism, tragedy, and spirituality with the genres of
abstract expressionism and pop art. Published to coincide with
an exhibit at the Smithsonian s National Museum of the
American Indian in New York City and Washington, D.C., this
retrospective features hundreds of works from Scholder s
career as a painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Essays explore
Scholder s major themes humanity s place in the natural
world, ancient mythical beings, women, Christian iconography,
the millennium, and the afterlife as well as Scholder s decades
of prominence in the art world, his role in the Native American
community, and his myth-shattering depictions of the realities
of Native American life. A fascinating figure who fearlessly
took on his own contradictions and those of his times,
Scholder continues to generate passionate discussion today.
Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian offers a lively, insightful
exploration of his place in twentieth-century American art
history as a colorist, expressionist, and figurative painter....

Authors:
Paperback, 64 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication Date: 1996-09-13


Reviews :

    Rich selection of authentic Indian motifs adapted from art and artifacts of Indians of the Southwest, the Plains and the Northwest, as well as Maya and Aztecs. Easily reproducible designs add Native American flair to posters, newsletters, brochures, many other projects. 9262-2 92622
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Authors: John Montgomery.
Paperback, 425 pages
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Publication Date: 2002-12


Reviews :

    This authoritative work is the first visual dictionary of Maya glyphs published since the script's complete decipherment, offering a much-needed, comprehensive catalogue of 1100 secured glyphs. Each entry includes the illustrated glyph, it's phonetic transcription, Mayan equivalent, part of speech and meaning....