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English
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From the acclaimed Ojibwe author and professor Anton Treuer comes an essential book of questions and answers for Native and non-Native young readers alike. Ranging from "Why is there such a fuss about nonnative people wearing Indian costumes for Halloween?" to "Why is it called a 'traditional Indian fry bread taco'?" to "What's it like for natives who don't look native?" to "Why are Indians so often imagined rather than understood?", and beyond, Everything...
Author
Publisher
Aperture
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Delegation' is the first comprehensive monograph by Apsáalooke/Crow artist Wendy Red Star, whose photography recasts historical narratives with wit, candor, and a feminist, Indigenous perspective. Red Star centers Native American life and material culture through imaginative self-portraiture, vivid collages, archival interventions, and site-specific installations. Whether referencing nineteenth-century Crow leaders or 1980s pulp fiction, museum...
5) Do all Indians live in tipis?: questions and answers from the National Museum of the American Indian
Publisher
Collins, in association with the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
6) Do all Indians live in tipis?: questions and answers from the National Museum of the American Indian
Publisher
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Debunking common myths and providing information about everything from katsina dolls to casinos and Pocahontas to powwows, Native staff members at the National Museum of the American Indian have handled a wide array of questions over the years. This book presents nearly 100 of their answers. This accessible and informative book counters deeply embedded stereotypes while providing a lively introduction to diverse Native histories and contemporary...
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
©2002
Physical Desc
viii, 396 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This is an interdisciplinary introduction to the myriad relationships forged for centuries between Indians and Blacks in North America. It examines the origins, history, manifestations, and long-term consequences of the different connections that have been established between Indians and Blacks.
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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
viii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The issue of Native American mascots in sports raises passions but also a raft of often-unasked questions. Which voices get a hearing in an argument? What meanings do we ascribe to mascots? Who do these Indians and warriors really represent? Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black go beyond the media bluster to reassess the mascot controversy. Their multi-dimensional study delves into the textual, visual, and ritualistic and performative aspects...
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Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
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Narrated by James Earl Jones and with music by The Neville Brothers this video explores the issue of racial identity among Native and African Americans. This in-depth documentary examines the coalescence of these two groups in American history.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language
English
Description
This interdisciplinary and international collection of essays illuminates the importance and effects of Indigenous perspectives for museums. The contributors challenge and complicate the traditionally close colonialist connections between museums and nation-states and urge more activist and energized roles for museums in the decades ahead.
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