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xvii, 267 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
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English
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Contains alphabetically arranged entries that examine the lives and work of seventy twentieth- and twenty-first-century Native American artists, each with a list of places to view the artist's work, and a bibliography; and includes reproductions of selected paintings, sculptures, and photographs.
5) R.C. Gorman
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Presents R.C. Gorman, a Navajo artist who displays his work and discusses his heritage.
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128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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English
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Anthology of art and writings from some of the most groundbreaking Native artists working in North America today. Emerging and established Native artists, including acclaimed author Joseph Boyden, renowned visual artist Bunky Echo Hawk, and stand-up comedian Ryan McMahon, contribute thoughtful and heartfelt pieces on their experiences growing up Indigenous, expressing them through such mediums as art, food, the written word, sport, dance, and fashion....
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339 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside." Eric Gansworth is telling his story in Apple (Skin to the Core). The story of his family, of Onondaga among Tuscaroras, of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist...
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Profiles artists Grace Medicine Flower and her brother Joseph Lonewolf, potters from Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, who have revived and extended the traditional forms and techniques of their pre-Columbian ancestors in their work.
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403 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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In 1980 life is hard on the Tuscarora Reservation in upstate New York, and most of the teenagers feel like they are going nowhere: Carson Mastick dreams of forming a rock band, and Maggi Bokoni longs to create her own conceptual artwork instead of the traditional beadwork that her family sells to tourists -- but tensions are rising between the reservation and the surrounding communities, and somehow in the confusion of politics and growing up Carson...
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351 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 37 cm
Language
English
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Spoken Through Clay' includes nearly three hundred pottery vessels covering a wide range of contemporary artists and a few important historic pieces. This book includes portraits and voices of renowned Native artists?the majority of whom are Pueblo?speaking about their artistry and technique, families, culture, and traditions. Dynamic color photography captures the depth and dimension of the pieces, while the artists provide an illuminating perspective...
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