American Art Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1989, pp. 7-21
Description
Discusses artists travels with the Hudson Bay Company passing through territories of nearly eighty Indian Tribes from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean. He produced 500 sketches and eventually painting over 100 canvases.
Navajo Sand Paintings: The Importance of Sex Roles in Craft Production
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Parezo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 125-148
Description
A look at the commercialization of art form and how the Navajo's flexible division of labor allowed for both men and women to participate in its productions for economic gain.
Drama Review: TDR, vol. 26, no. 2, Summer, 1982, pp. 73-88
Description
Describes the origin of the Thunderbird American-Indian Dancers, made up of Cherokee and Hopis Native Americans, who operate out of New York City, often holding powwows at the YMCA.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, 1989, pp. 97-128
Description
Book reviews of:
The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories by Robert J. Conley.
Social Change in the Southwest, 1350-1880 by Thomas D. Hall.
Collections Arctiques by Yvon Csonka.
New Directions in American Indian History edited by Colin G. Calloway.
Hasinai: A Traditional History of the Caddo Confederacy by Vynola Beaver Newkumet, Howard L. Meredith.
Sous le signe de l'ours.
The Study of Material Culture: The Case of Southwest Textiles
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanna Baizerman
Museum Anthropology, vol. 13, no. 2, May 1989, pp. 14-18
Description
Looks at the ethnic boundary art world by using publications on Southwest textiles, especially those done by the Navajo. In this way material culture in general can be studied.