Arkansas Indians: Roots, Removal and Rebirth: Arkansas Museum of Science and History, Little Rock, AR (Permanent Exhibit Opened in October 1992)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hans A. Baer
Museum Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 3, October 1993, pp. 69-71
Description
Review of permanent exhibit opened in October 1993 at the Arkansas Museum of Science and History in Little Rock, Arkansas that attempts to portray the Arkansas Native Americans reality of maintaining ethnic identity in modern society by presenting history in reverse chronological order.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 22-23
Description
Streetwize conducted a series of visual art workshops with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to make posters on HIV/AIDS that would be meaningful to Aboriginal youth.
Current Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 93-100
Description
Review of exhibitions Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Year and Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 74, Spring, 1993, pp. 35-[?]
Description
Discusses the theatre and how rehearsal can aid in the development of an identity through of role playing and acting, and recognizing identity as a dynamic concept.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 83-99
Description
Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.
Theatre Journal, vol. 45, no. 4, December 1993, pp. 461-486
Description
Argues that "Indians" and "Americans" were replayed on the national stage, and because of this a theatre culture emerged with a history of the "Native" in what became Native history.
TDR [The Drama Review], vol. 37, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 9-17
Description
Letter to the editor regarding the article Weesageechak Begins to Dance: Native Earth Performing Arts Inc. (published in vol. 36 , no.1, 1992) as well as several letters in rebuttal.
Museum Anthropology, vol. 17, no. 1, February 1993, pp. 22-32
Description
Development of an exhibition on the Northwest Coast has challenged assumptions about assigning artifacts to a particular timeframe and representation of cultural matters; some photos included.
Discusses a controversial lesson in history through art, by presenting nstitutions devoted to nostalgic theme-park versions of history; the exhibit contrasts violence, defiance, racism, alienation and suicide with family harmony, friendship, creativity and work.