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3) Allan Houser
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Allan Houser, creator of stone, wood and bronze homages to the American Indian, discusses his life and work.
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90 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
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English
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One of America's leading Pop artists, Roy Lichtenstein was a master of stereotype. He had a little-known but deep appreciation for the objects and images of American Indian culture. This book explores in detail and illustrates a collection of his paintings and works on paper that were influenced by his encounters with Native American subjects.
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xi, 100 pages : illustrations, photographs (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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English
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"Few contemporary artists before the 1990s explored the negative impact of the Spanish in the Southwest, but unreflective celebrations of the Columbus Quincentennial brought about portrayals of a more complicated legacy of Columbus's arrival in the Americas -- especially by Indigenous artists. Through a series of etchings, Floyd Solomon of Laguna and Zuni heritage undertook a visual recounting of Pueblo history using Indigenous knowledge positioned...
11) Fritz Scholder
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fritz Scholder, a California Mission Indian, creates prints and paintings that depict the modern Indian caught between ancient tradition and today's society.
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xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
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English
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Attracted to the rich ceremonial life and unique architecture of the New Mexico pueblos, many early-twentieth-century artists depicted Pueblo peoples, places, and culture in paintings. These artists' encounters with Pueblo Indians fostered their awareness of Native political struggles and led them to join with Pueblo communities to champion Indian rights. In this book, art historian Sascha T. Scott examines the ways in which non-Pueblo and Pueblo...
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xii, 225 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In this work, Elizabeth Cook-Lynn confronts the politics and policies of genocide that continue to destroy the land, livelihood, and culture of Native Americans. Anti-Indianism in Modern America tells the other side of stories of historical massacres and modern-day hate crimes, events that are dismissed or glossed over by historians, journalists, and courts alike. Cook-Lynn exposes the colonialism that works both overtly and covertly to silence and...
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xvi, 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
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English
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"Despite the diversity of North American native cultures, images in the popular imagination often are generalized and stereotyped. These images have been repeated, layer upon layer, in political, historical, and commercial contexts, resulting in blurred perceptions of Native American peoples. Powerful Images: Portrayals of Native America looks at the ways in which Indians have been portrayed by themselves and others from the early 1800s to the present....
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