Native American art

If one were to go into someone's locker steal their phone, bookbag and a priceless watch that their late grandfather gave to them they should have everything done in their power to get their things back. In many ways the stealing of art pieces leave the museum directors and curators with the same feeling as if one took their own valuable belongings. For many reasons curators around the world are trying to retrieve back what was once theirs or their country’s. The antiquities are often taken…

Bastardized versions of Native American history have been widely accepted within the media, which is often seen from classic Western films to some of our children’s beloved Disney adaptations. Such has caused many of the undereducated to hold a belief that the extent of Native American history is one of rebellion upon horseback while shooting rifles in the air, and attempting to scalp any “white man” who dared trespass onto their defined territory. This could not be further from the truth. Prior…

How does the history of the Native American in the U.S. compare with the values that stand at the foundation of the U.S. (freedom, liberty, equality)? History of Native Americans in the United States (US) is just as the history of most of indigenous peoples around the world. It might be described as a chronicle of violence, dispossession, and subjugation. It is precise to mention that values such as freedom, liberty, and equality were not brought to those local communities by conquerors or…

Santa Fe Indian Market: A History of Native Arts and the Marketplace Bruce Bernstein allows readers to learn the history of Southwestern native artists and the marketplace that constructs the Santa Fe Indian Market. Many thought the market would preserve Native American cultures; some thought it would be the demise of Native cultures . The Santa Fe Market has not always been a widely known established place, but over decades it came to its present-day prestige. Bernstein writes from the early…

When people think about the first people in America, they might think of Christopher Columbus or the European colonists; when, in fact, the first people were the Native Americans. Cherokee legend says that the Cherokee came from the far away northwest. Centuries ago, some people probably did come from Siberia. Some moved further south and became known as the Indians of South America. Many stayed in North America. The Cherokee Indians had lived in the lands of what is now the United States for…

impairment. The majority are Hispanics, 10 to be exact. The remaining 6 students are Americans, and come from a multi-generational American background. One of the students is Jewish, and her grandparents actually come from Israel. The two ESOL students come from Cuba, the ESOL level IV has been living in Miami for a little over two years, while the ESOL level II has only been here for one…

good deal about Native Americans and different tribes of Indians, so I always had an awareness of Native Americans. I distinctly remember creating different arts and crafts highlighting pilgrims, turkeys, and Native Americans every November in elementary school. The Native Americans were celebrated as heroes that enabled the pilgrims to learn how to grow crops and keep from starving. When I was younger I watched Pocahontas and I may have read some nonfiction books on Native Americans, but it was…

The Pueblo Indians are the historic descendants of the Anasazi peoples, also known as the “Basket Makers”. The Pueblo Indians are Native Americans known for residing in compact permanent settlements referred as pueblos. In the modern world, the group lives in northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona. The Pueblo incorporates four distinct language groups including the Zuni, Keresan, Tanoan, and Hopi. The culture associated with early Pueblo Indians is estimated to have begun in AD100. At…

How Aboriginal Culture is Becoming Mainstream in Today’s Society Culture can be defined as the “characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts”9. Despite efforts throughout the years to destroy the traditions and their way of live, Aboriginal culture is nevertheless thriving in today 's society because Western and Indigenous culture have become somewhat meshed. The Indigenous have people…

and practices of Native Americans have been both a cultural and societal sustainment within the United States today; however, not in the way traditional sustainment is seen. In Phillip J. Deloria’s book, Playing Indian, he asks how across American history “has the notion of disguised Indians dumping tea in Boston harbor had such a powerful hold on Americans’ imaginations?” (9) What is it exactly that captivates the minds of Americans’ regarding the culture of our Native American predecessors?…