Institute of American Indian Arts

is a renowned American contemporary artist known for his practice of placing every day, ordinary objects in unique installations. Although he got his expertise in Baltimore at the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he obtained his M.F.A., he ended up transferring to the School of the Art Institution of Chicago after visiting and becoming inspired by an exhibit of Jim Nutt, who also attended the Art Institution on Chicago. He stated in an interview, “I remember being an art student and…

What do people think about when they hear the word politics? To further that, what do they think of when they hear the term polarization? Congress is in a constant battle between parties, and this, in turn, keeps us in an almost constant state of gridlock. Susan Page, Jim Douglas, Brian Resnick, and Norman Ornstein have all written articles explaining political polarization, civil discourse, or the solutions to these problems. In Susan Page’s article “Divided We Now Stand,” she mainly focuses on…

From the 1800’s and the struggles of Tecumseh all the way through the 1970’s and the challenges Mary Crow Dog faced, the life of a Native American took great determination. Long before “white man”, Native Americans called America home. Slowly it was all altered. They were forced to give up their way of living, rituals and beliefs, and take drastic measures to prove their equality. In the words of Mary Crow Dog, “I do not consider myself a radical or revolutionary. It is white people who put such…

South Dakota Indian Studies Online – INED 411/511 Write A Movie Review Assignment – 30 Points Name: Reel Injun (2009) Reel Injun is a movie about the portrayal of Native Americans in Hollywood and how it has evolved over time. It includes a wide cast of Native American actors, writers, activists, and others. The main theme of the movie is how the United States of America has made Native Americans into “mythical beings” through many overt and subliminal tactics (Diamond, "Reel Injun"). This…

to them as a prevention against AIM members attempting to shoot them. An Indian woman along with a friend and their children were told by the…

Leonard Peltier is an imprisoned Native American. He lived on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and was arrested after an incident on the property. May events lead up to his arrest. The first incident happened on February 27, 1973. Members of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, staged a seventy-two-day occupation of land called, Wounded Knee. Their mission was to protest injustices against their tribes, such as violations of the many treaties. The United States government responded with a…

The similarities between the American Indians that Dennis Banks discussed in Ojibwa Warrior and Americans that Russell Means describes in Russell Means: Americans are the New Indians lie in the fact that both have lost constitutional rights and freedoms that they once had. This is a social problem caused by the centralized power of the United States Government. (Macaluso, 2016). Because the power lies mostly within the Executive Branch of the government, the military, and the large corporations,…

calibre were carried out. The next large scale protest was organized in 1972, and was called the Trail of Broken Treaties. The Trail of Broken Treaties was a protest march on Washington D.C., where the Native American leaders were to present a twenty point framework “for considering the status of Indian tribes and the nature of their federal relationship ”. This was originally supposed to be a peaceful protest, timed just before the presidential election in an attempt to work with the federal…

Colonization, Decolonization, and Indigenous Spirituality in Leonard Peltier 's Prison Writings Within the American prison system, many individuals remain held for extended periods of time in solitary confinement. Despite arguments that solitary confinement has severe psychological and behavioral consequences for inmates, the experiences described by Leonard Peltier in Prison Writings tell a different story. Viewed from the historical lenses of colonization and decolonization, an important…

piping used to cool the vessel. Since vessel could not be cooled, the pressure inside the vessel began to rise and chemical runaway began to occur. Chemical runaway is the process that exothermic reactions get out of control and cause an explosion (Institute of Chemical Engineers, n.d.). During the evacuation process, the pressure became too great and caused a rupture in the piping. According to the CSB report, workers reported a sound that appeared to be like a “jet engine” (CSB, 2009). By…