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    Indigenous Art has been commodified by western colonization throughout time. Western interest in resources and skills possessed by Natives has continuously led to the exoticism of native art. This phenomenon, has also removed most native art from its original context, therefore stripping it of its earlier importance and functionality. Western commodification of art is a popular topic today as society has become more interested in the concept of cultural appropriation. However, dressing as a…

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    Inventing the Indian and Leonard Bell’s Artist and Empire: Victorian Representation of Subject People, delve into the topic of native people and their representation and misrepresentation in artwork. Bell’s writing dives a bit deeper in my opinion in terms of his historical analysis than Julie Schimmel’s. Schimmel’s writing comes from the viewpoint that leans more toward the side of art history rather than historical and tends to brush over the historical relationship between the whites and the…

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    Every Native has their unique experiences and memories that shape their identity. There is a collective Native history that affects the individual. All Natives share a history, but the individual memory of that history breeds a unique culture that can’t be generalized. With each generation, history stays the same but memory morphs. With each generation, memories need to be communicated and shared. The importance of understanding the struggle that defines Native history is one that can be…

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    Native American Mascot

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    The article, Racism American Style and Resistance to Change: Art Education’s Role in the Indian Mascot Issue, by Elizabeth M. De La Cruz, centers around the negative effects that using Native Americans as mascots can have on the Native American community. De La Cruz points out that our ignorance has prevented us from seeing the error in our ways, thus the lack of understanding of Native American culture enables us to keep misinterpreting their culture and rituals by making them our school…

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    Europeans, the diverse cultures of North American Indians began to undergo vast and various forms of change. European colonization and Western contact introduced novel materials, new techniques were developed in order to incorporate them into their material cultures. Thus, designs changed as the techniques and materials changed. However, the change with the largest impact was the change in purpose of art. Before one can understand the changes in Native American Art after European contact it is…

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    Cultural appropriation is when elements of one cultural group are adopted by a different group. While there are various types of appropriation such as fashion, art and music, this essay will focus on fashion appropriation of Indigenous Americans (also known as Native Americans). Fashion appropriation of Indigenous Americans refers to the adoption of cultural elements such as war bonnets, totem poles and tribal markings, used on clothing, hair or decoration. Fashion appropriation of the…

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    The long walk had been bear by Native American in the 1860’s after they were discharged from Fort Sumner. There are countless murals in New Mexico depicting The Long Walk, but there is one in Gallup, New Mexico located on Third and Hill that stands out. Richard K. Yazzie is a local artist that collaborates with the City of Gallup create this painting. Those painting is to recall the torment that Native American have encountered. Furthermore, there are four parts to this painting and each…

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    Indian Circle Analysis

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    floor and called “art”, they are arranged in a specific pattern, forming a circle triggering thought in the viewer. The colors used in this artwork are natural due to the fact of stones occurring natural in earth: these could be called earth-tones. Different hues of brown are mostly visible, along with some reddish hues. These stones are set out in the open of a large sized room on the floor, nothing else is around or goes with this sculpture. A viewer can walk right up next to this art work.…

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    In the article “Racism American Style and Resistance to Change: Art Education’s Role in the Indian Mascot Issue,” art educator Elizabeth M. Delacruz attempts to find an explanation for the popularity of Indian mascots by selecting cases and examining the history of the issue. She states 1500 public schools in the United States use Indian mascots. While these schools continue to represent their mascots, the disturbing past of public schools’ early development of the Indian mascots hides behind…

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    Art has a huge influence on culture and history. Different forms of art can connect ideas and various emotions to audiences across the world. There are many concepts that can make an artwork more appealing depending on the type of art it is. For this rhetorical analysis, I analyzed the graffiti called cave painting. This artwork was created by the anonymous English graffiti artist known as Banksy. Banksy’s artwork is comprised of stencils, spray-paint, and creativity. This kind of painting…

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