Press, Petra.
Summary: Examines the art of Native Americans, including painting, stone sculpture, basketry, pottery, and jewelry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 704.0397 PRESommer, Robin Langley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 704.0397 SOMSchmidt, Jeremy.
Summary: To Native Americans, nature and art are undeniably interwined. Creating a work of art - or even a tool or weapon - meant paying reverence to the cosmic forces of the Earth's spirit. With over 100 color photographs, In The Spirit Of Mother Earth shows how nature has influenced the exquisite handiwork of Native American people through the ages. Divided by region, this book looks back in time to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1994
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.089 SCHSummary: "Illustrated with 70 color images of visually powerful historical and contemporary works, this book--which accompanies an exhibition of the same title opening in August 2013 at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York--reveals how Anishinaabe (also known in the United States as Ojibwe or Chippewa) artists have expressed the deeply rooted spiritual and social dimensions of their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Canyon Records Productions 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 788.32 NAKWalters, Anna Lee
Summary: Full color photographs with text explore the spirituality of Native American art and the people who created it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 1989
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 704.03 WALKent, Kate Peck.
Summary: Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched, this book is the classic introductory text on this appealing Native American art form.
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Publisher / Publication Date: School of American Research Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 746.41 KENBraman, Arlette N.
Summary: Jam-packed with fun and easy-to-follow projects, recipes, and games, this captivating book explores what makes the heritage of Native Americans so unique and wonderful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 BRAContents: Great Lakes Indian art : an introduction / by David W. Penney -- Representational and symbolic forms in Great Lakes-area wooden sculpture / by Evan M. Maurer -- Horse imagery in Native American art / by David W. Penney and Janet Stouffer -- Dreams and designs : iconographic problems in Great Lakes twined bags / by Ruth Bliss Phillips -- Beaded twined bags of the Great Lakes Indians / by Nancy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press, and the Detroit Institute of Arts 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 GreatSummary: Through wars, depressions, and social upheavals, the West has accommodated to change while remaining a mythical land of freedom and possibility. The ghosts of the buffalos are still stirring. Thomas Hart Benton and Grant Wood have given way to Native American artists; Indians-once the subjects of painting-have become its practitioners. So the myth regenerates itself and the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: "This ... collection examines Native North American culture, past and present, and its attempts to halt assimilation and retain native cutlural traditions."--Container
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NATSummary: Featuring Native American art and culture, this award-winning quarterly magazine engages its readers with diverse articles about the fascinating and often overlooked histories of American Indian nations and the contemporary challenges facing Native peoples across the Western Hemisphere. From Alaska's Native villages to the Andean communities of South America, American Indian tells inspiring and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Kloss, William.
Summary: Series of 24 lectures (each approximately 30 min. long) surveying the history of American art from its colonial origins until just before World War I.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 MasterworksFleisher, Noah
Summary: "Welcome to Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2018. For nearly 70 years, our sole purpose has been to inform, enthuse, and interpret the dynamic world of collecting. The times have certainly changed along the way but our vision remains constant. As the longest-running guide to this fascinating field, Warman's draws from leading experts across the land to provide insider information, perspective,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Krause Publications, a division of F+W Media, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.1 FLESummary: Words from a Bear gives a thorough survey of Momaday's most prolific years as a doctorate fellow at Stanford University, his achievement of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1969, and his later works that solidified his place as the founding member of the 'Native American Renaissance' in art and literature, influencing a generation of Native American artists, scholars, and political activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV N.SCSmithsonian American Art Museum
Contents: From distant shores -- This other Eden -- Liberty more than life -- Ever westward -- Hand to the plow -- Brother against brother -- The rise of industry -- An eye for beauty -- Seeing the city -- The Harlem renaissance -- South by southwest -- The Great Depression -- Folk traditions -- Americans at midcentury -- The abstract impulse -- Toward the millennium -- Catalogue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 2006
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 SLOJanuary, Brendan
Contents: The Native Americans -- A chronological history -- Traditional ways -- Everyday life -- Beliefs and mythology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Raintree 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 704.0397 JANSummary: More than just a manufacturer of goods, the craftsperson is an artist who draws on a bountiful lineage to create objects that are as beautiful as they are useful. This three-section program profiles a variety of craft artists to explore the origins, techniques, and significance of that process. 'Memory' provides a historical overview, and then introduces craftspeople whose work is informed by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Once forced to hide their heritage, Native Americans now enjoy both an acceptance and a celebration of their history and culture. By presenting the experiences of Native Americans from a wide array of fields including artisans, performers, and teachers, this program shows how many tribes are returning to the traditions and spirituality of their ancestors. Among those interviewed are Kevin...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Unconventional and "paradoxical" are two of the more common words people use to describe R. C. Gorman, an award-winning Navajo painter and printmaker who treats Native American subjects ranging from geometrics to nudes with a distinctly Mexican artistic sensibility. This program films the man The New York Times dubbed "The Picasso of American Indian Art" as he works, capturing his fascination...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Mikoley, Kate
Summary: This book explores the meaning, history, and purpose behind several Native American ceremonies and celebrations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 970.004 MIKSummary: In this program, Dennis Wholey has a conversation about Native American religions with Suzan Shown Harjo, executive director of The Morning Star Institute in Washington, D.C. Topics of discussion include the American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978; some common aspects of the approximately 300 remaining Native American religions being practiced in the U.S. today; the concepts of a supreme...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Upton, Dell.
Summary: Dell Upton's revolutionizing interpretation examines American architecture in relation to five themes: community, nature, technology, money, and art. In giving particular attention to indigenous, folk, ethnic, and popular architectures like Chaco Canyon, Brooklyn Bridge, and native American houses, in addition to the great monuments of traditional histories such as Jefferson's Monticello and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1998