Collecting Native America 1870 1960

Author : Shepard Krech III
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781588344144

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Collecting Native America, 1870-1960 by Shepard Krech III Pdf

Between the 1870s and 1950s collectors vigorously pursued the artifacts of Native American groups. Setting out to preserve what they thought was a vanishing culture, they amassed ethnographic and archaeological collections amounting to well over one million objects and founded museums throughout North America that were meant to educate the public about American Indian skills, practices, and beliefs. In Collecting Native America contributors examine the motivations, intentions, and actions of eleven collectors who devoted substantial parts of their lives and fortunes to acquiring American Indian objects and founding museums. They describe obsessive hobbyists such as George Heye, who, beginning with the purchase of a lice-ridden shirt, built a collection that—still unsurpassed in richness, diversity, and size—today forms the core of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Sheldon Jackson, a Presbyterian missionary in Alaska, collected and displayed artifacts as a means of converting Native peoples to Christianity. Clara Endicott Sears used sometimes invented displays and ceremonies at her Indian Museum near Boston to emphasize Native American spirituality. The contributors chart the collectors' diverse attitudes towards Native peoples, showing how their limited contact with American Indian groups resulted in museums that revealed more about assumptions of the wider society than about the cultures being described.

Author : Barbara A. Hail
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Indian art
ISBN : OCLC:1335925463

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Collecting Native America, 1870-1960 by Barbara A. Hail Pdf

Author : Laurie D. Webster,Louise Stiver,D. Y. Begay,Lynda Teller Pete
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781607326731

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Navajo Textiles by Laurie D. Webster,Louise Stiver,D. Y. Begay,Lynda Teller Pete Pdf

Navajo Textiles provides a nuanced account the Navajo weavings in the Crane Collection at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science—one of the largest collections of Navajo textiles in the world. Bringing together the work of anthropologists and indigenous artists, the book explores the Navajo rug trade in the mid-nineteenth century and changes in the Navajo textile market while highlighting the museum’s important, though still relatively unknown, collection of Navajo textiles. In this unique collaboration among anthropologists, museums, and Navajo weavers, the authors provide a narrative of the acquisition of the Crane Collection and a history of Navajo weaving. Personal reflections and insights from foremost Navajo weavers D. Y. Begay and Lynda Teller Pete are also featured, and more than one hundred stunning full-color photographs of the textiles in the collection are accompanied by technical information about the materials and techniques used in their creation. An introduction by Ann Lane Hedlund documents the growing collaboration between Navajo weavers and museums in Navajo textile research. The legacy of Navajo weaving is complex and intertwined with the history of the Diné themselves. Navajo Textiles makes the history and practice of Navajo weaving accessible to an audience of scholars and laypeople both within and outside the Diné community.

Author : Candace S. Greene,Russell Thornton
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803222113

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The Year the Stars Fell by Candace S. Greene,Russell Thornton Pdf

Winter counts?pictorial calendars by which Plains Indians kept track of their past?marked each year with a picture of a memorable event.øTheøLakota, or Western Sioux, recorded many different events in their winter counts, but all include ?the year the stars fell,? the spectacular Leonid meteor shower of 1833?34. This volume is an unprecedented assemblage of information on the important collection of Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian, a core resource for the study of Lakota history and culture. Fourteen winter counts are presented in detail, with a chapter devoted to the newly discovered Rosebud Winter Count. Together these counts constitute a visual chronicle of over two hundred years of Lakota experience as recorded by Native historians. ø A visually stunning book, The Year the Stars Fell features full-color illustrations of the fourteen winter counts plus more than 900 detailed images of individual pictographs. Explanations, provided by their nineteenth-century Lakota recorders, are arranged chronologically to facilitate comparison among counts. The book provides ready access to primary source material, and serves as an essential reference work for scholars as well as an invaluable historical resource for Native communities.

Author : Julia Harrison,Regna Darnell
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774840354

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Historicizing Canadian Anthropology by Julia Harrison,Regna Darnell Pdf

Historicizing Canadian Anthropology is the first significant examination of the historical development of anthropological study in this country. It addresses key issues in the evolution of the discipline: the shaping influence of Aboriginal-anthropological encounters; the challenge of compiling a history for the Canadian context; and the place of international and institutional relations. The contributors to this collection reflect on the definition and scope of the discipline and explore the degree to which a uniquely Canadian tradition affects anthropological theory, practice, and reflexivity.

Author : Ginetta E. B. Candelario
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0822340372

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Black Behind the Ears by Ginetta E. B. Candelario Pdf

An innovative historical and ethnographic examination of Dominican identity formation in the Dominican Republic and the United States.

Author : Amy Lonetree,Amanda J. Cobb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803211117

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The National Museum of the American Indian by Amy Lonetree,Amanda J. Cobb Pdf

The first American national museum designed and run by indigenous peoples, the Smithsonian Institution?s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC opened in 2004. It represents both the United States as a singular nation and the myriad indigenous nations within its borders. Constructed with materials closely connected to Native communities across the continent, the museum contains more than 800,000 objects and three permanent galleries and routinely holds workshops and seminar series. This first comprehensive look at the National Museum of the American Indian encompasses a variety of perspectives, including those of Natives and non-Natives, museum employees, and outside scholars across disciplines such as cultural studies and criticism, art history, history, museum studies, anthropology, ethnic studies, and Native American studies. The contributors engage in critical dialogues about key aspects of the museum?s origin, exhibits, significance, and the relationship between Native Americans and other related museums.

Author : Bruce E. Johansen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216046134

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American Indian Culture [2 volumes] by Bruce E. Johansen Pdf

This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive historical and demographic overview of American Indians along with more than 100 cross-referenced entries on American Indian culture, exploring everything from arts, literature, music, and dance to food, family, housing, and spirituality. American Indian Culture: From Counting Coup to Wampum is organized by cultural form (Arts; Family, Education, and Community; Food; Language and Literature; Media and Popular Culture; Music and Dance; Spirituality; and Transportation and Housing). Examples of topics covered include icons of Native culture, such as pow wows, Indian dancing, and tipi dwellings; Native art forms such as pottery, rock art, sandpainting, silverwork, tattooing, and totem poles; foods such as corn, frybread, and wild rice; and Native Americans in popular culture. The extensive introductory section, breadth of topics, accessibly written text, and range of perspectives from the many contributors make this work a must-have resource for high school and undergraduate audiences.

Author : Ralph T. Coe,Jonathan C. H. King,Judith Ostrowitz
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Indian art
ISBN : 9781588390851

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The Responsive Eye by Ralph T. Coe,Jonathan C. H. King,Judith Ostrowitz Pdf

Over the past three decades, Ralph T. Coe has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada to assemble this collection of Native American art, one of the finest in private hands today. Immersed in the cultures of Native America, he has come to know artists and artisans, traders, dealers, and shop proprietors, selecting the very best they have to offer. The Ralph T. Coe Collection includes representative pieces from most Native American geographic regions and historical periods, beginning with objects dating back to the fourth millennium B.C. Many examples-men's shirts with ermine fringe, weapons, and button blankets-evoke the heroic lifestyle of the past, while small objects, such as tipi and kayak models, dolls, and tiny moccasins, speak to a more intimate significance. Ritual objects imbued with spiritual meaning-masks and katsinas, tablitas and medicine bundles-as well as utilitarian objects, such as pottery and baskets, also have a strong presence. This catalogue tells the stories of nearly two hundred of these objects, combining art history with personal reminiscence, and reveals the role Coe has played in bringing about awareness of the artistic heritage of Native America.-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

Author : Wm Jack Hranicky
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781438983264

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Recording Clovis Points by Wm Jack Hranicky Pdf

Author : Lynn Meskell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405150224

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Archaeologies of Materiality by Lynn Meskell Pdf

Drawing on social theory and offering numerous case studies, Archaeologies of Materiality is one of the first books to explore materiality across time and space. Demonstrates the saliency of materiality by linking it to concepts of landscape, technology, embodiment, ritual, and heritage. Offers archaeological case studies ranging from prehistoric to contemporary contexts, from Neo-Assyria, South Africa, Argentina, Panama, and the United States. Explores the idea of a material universe that is socially conceived and constructed, but that also shapes human experience in daily practice.

Author : Wm Jack Hranicky
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781452012247

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Recording Clovis Points- Second Edition by Wm Jack Hranicky Pdf

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Author : Frederick E. Hoxie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190614027

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The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History by Frederick E. Hoxie Pdf

"Everything you know about Indians is wrong." As the provocative title of Paul Chaat Smith's 2009 book proclaims, everyone knows about Native Americans, but most of what they know is the fruit of stereotypes and vague images. The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous America continue to elude most people. The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History confronts this erroneous view by presenting an accurate and comprehensive history of the indigenous peoples who lived-and live-in the territory that became the United States. Thirty-two leading experts, both Native and non-Native, describe the historical developments of the past 500 years in American Indian history, focusing on significant moments of upheaval and change, histories of indigenous occupation, and overviews of Indian community life. The first section of the book charts Indian history from before 1492 to European invasions and settlement, analyzing US expansion and its consequences for Indian survival up to the twenty-first century. A second group of essays consists of regional and tribal histories. The final section illuminates distinctive themes of Indian life, including gender, sexuality and family, spirituality, art, intellectual history, education, public welfare, legal issues, and urban experiences. A much-needed and eye-opening account of American Indians, this Handbook unveils the real history often hidden behind wrong assumptions, offering stimulating ideas and resources for new generations to pursue research on this topic.

Author : Monika Siebert
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780817318550

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Indians Playing Indian by Monika Siebert Pdf

"In Indians Playing Indian, Monika Siebert explores the appropriation, or misappropriation, of Native American cultural heritage for political and commercial ends, and the innovative ways in which indigenous artists in a range of media have responded to these developments. Contemporary indigenous people in North America confront a unique predicament. As legal and diplomatic practice in the early twenty first century returns to the recognition of their status as citizens of historic sovereign nations, popular culture continues to depict them as cultural minorities on the par with other ethnic Americans. This popular misperception of indigeneity as culture rather than as a historically developed political status sustains the myth of America as a refuge to the world's immigrants and a home to successful multicultural democracies. But it fundamentally misrepresents indigenous people who have experienced a history of colonization rather than a tradition of immigration on the continent. Contemporary indigenous cultural production is caught up in this phenomenon of multicultural misrecognition as well. The current flowering of indigenous literature, cinema, and visual arts is typically taken as evidence that Canada and the United States have successfully broken with their colonial pasts to become thriving nations of many cultures, where Native Americans, along other minorities, enjoy full freedom to represent their cultural difference"--

Author : Colin Gordon Calloway,Gerd Gem_nden,Susanne Zantop
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0803205848

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Germans and Indians by Colin Gordon Calloway,Gerd Gem_nden,Susanne Zantop Pdf

For over three hundred years, the Indian peoples of North America have attracted the interest of diverse segments of German society?missionaries, writers, playwrights, anthropologists, filmmakers, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and even royalty. Today, German scholars continue to be drawn to Indians, as is the German public: tour groups from Germany frequent Plains reservations in the summer, and so-called Indianerclubs, where participants dress up in "authentic" Indian costume, are common. In this fascinating volume, scholars and writers illuminate the longstanding connection between Germans and the Indians. From a range of disciplines and occupations, the contributors probe the historical and cultural roots of the interactions between Germans and Indians and examine how such encounters have been represented in different media over the centuries. Particularly important are reflections and insights by modern Native American writers on this relationship. Of special concern is why such a connection has endured. As the contributors make clear, the encounters between Germans and Indians were also imagined, sometimes as fantasy, sometimes as projection, both resonating deeply with the cultural sensibilities and changing historical circumstances of Germans over the years.