Indigenous Art of the Americas

Although Franz Boas--one of the most influential anthropologists of the twentieth century--is best known for his voluminous writings on cultural, physical, and linguistic anthropology, he is also recognized for breaking new ground in the study of...

In the early twentieth century, Native American baskets, blankets, and bowls could be purchased from department stores, "Indian stores," dealers, and the U.S. government's Indian schools. Men and women across the United States indulged in a widespread...

Winner, 2021 Melva J. Dwyer AwardItee Pootoogook belonged to a new generation of Inuit artists who are transforming and reshaping the creative traditions that were successfully pioneered by their parents and grandparents in the second half of the 20th...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965740609Author Barbara GroenemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint American TravelerPublisher American TravelerWeight(grams) 176g

Employing anthropology, field research, and humanities methodologies as well as digital cartography, and foregrounding the voices of Indigenous scholars, this text examines digital projects currently underway, and includes alternative modes of "mapping"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890135969Author Andrea PortagoFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico PressWeight(grams) 1214g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806148502Author Henrietta LidchiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma Press

This book conveys the artistic genius of T C Cannon (19461978) through his best and most iconic paintings and essays that offer a fresh and inclusive look at Cannons work extending beyond the confines of American Indian art. This group of paintings --...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997310917Author Porter SwentzellFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997310924Author Marth H StreuverFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962277740Author Kent And Laurie McManisFormat PaperbackPage Count 103Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783990202111Author Gerard van BusselFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Michigan State University PressPublisher Michigan State University...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780772654533Author Emily CarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Royal British Columbia MuseumPublisher Royal British Columbia MuseumWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962277719Author Jonathan BatkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American Indian

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994036148Author Shelley NiroFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Robert Langen Art GalleryPublisher Robert Langen Art GalleryWeight(grams) 136g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890136621Author Lois P RudnickFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico PressWeight(grams)...

Object Lives and Global Histories in Northern North America explores how close, collaborative looking can discern the traces of contact, exchange, and movement of objects and give them a life and political power in complex cross-cultural histories. Red...

A self-taught artist in several mediums who became known for stippling, Leonard Chana captured the essence of the Tohono Oodham people. He incorporated subtle details of Oodham life into his art, and his images evoke the smells, sounds, textures, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962277788Author Michelle McGeoughFormat HardbackPage Count 253Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American Indian

For generations, Native American traditional artists in the Northeast have passed on their culture through beadwork, basketry, canoe making, wood carving, and quilting. Through the work and words of over thirty-five traditional artists living and working...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962277733Author Zena PearlstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American Indian

Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) is dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and the arts of Native Americans. The museum's...

We Are Here boldly exemplifies Native American contemporary art as important, relevant, and deserving of a place in the contemporary art cannon. The five Eiteljorg Fellowship artists honored in this volume are among the Native artists creating some of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780962277757Author Janet Catherine BerloFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American...

Making History: The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts is a unique contribution to the fields of visual culture, arts education, and American Indian studies. Written by scholars actively producing Native art resources, this book guides...

Indigenous and settler scholars and media artists discuss and analyze crucial questions of narrative sovereignty, cultural identity, cultural resistance, and decolonizing creative practices. Humans are narrative creatures, and since the dawn of our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780890136584Author Letitia ChambersFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Museum of New Mexico PressPublisher Museum of New Mexico PressWeight(grams) 1442g

An extensively illustrated look at two exhibitions by artist Jeffrey Gibson in Chicago. Beyond the Horizon dives into two recent exhibitions in Chicago by contemporary artist Jeffrey Gibson: Sweet Bitter Love at the Newberry Library and Beyond the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997310931Author Kent McManisFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Wheelwright Museum of American IndianPublisher Wheelwright Museum of American...

Between 1940 and 1960, many Native American artists made bold departures from what was considered the traditional style of Indian painting. They drew on European and other non-Native American aesthetic innovations to create hybrid works that complicated...

When Buffalo Bill's Wild West show traveled to Paris in 1889, the New York Times reported that the exhibition would be ""managed to suit French ideas."" But where had those ""French ideas"" of the American West come from? And how had they, in turn,...

An in-depth exploration of the history, authentication, and modern relevance of Codice Maya de Mexico, the oldest surviving book of the Americas. Ancient Maya scribes recorded prophecies and astronomical observations on the pages of painted books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771006470Author Kent MonkmanFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985312978Author Rico Lanatt WorlFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Sealaska Heritage InstitutePublisher Sealaska Heritage InstituteWeight(grams)...

Shuvinai Ashoona (born 1961) is a third-generation Inuit artist based in Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada. Best known for her highly personal and imaginative iconography, Shuvinai's imagery ranges from closely observed naturalistic scenes of her Arctic home to...

Indigenous hand-engraved jewelry from the Pacific Northwest Coastis among the most distinctive, innovative, and highly sought-after art being produced in North America today. But these artworks are more than just stunning-every bracelet, ring, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486402833Author Kay D. BennettFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Native American pottery of the U.S. southwest has long been considered collectible and today can fetch many thousands of dollars per piece. Authors, collectors, and dealers Carol and Allen Hayes provide readers with a concise overview of the pottery of...

Five decades of work by groundbreaking Indigenous artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith Throughout her career as artist, activist, and educator, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940) has forged a personal yet accessible visual language she uses to address...

Tom Wilson Tehohahake is a modern Mohawk artist, Juno Award winner, best-selling author, and newly appointed member of the Order of Canada. In his 2017 memoir, Beautiful Scars, Wilson revealed the astonishing story of how he discovered he is Mohawk. In...