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Helen Marie Ryan Wyman Fund for Books in Native American and Indigenous Studies
Helen Marie Ryan Wyman was intelligent, curious, and gregarious; she put great stock in books and reading, and books abounded in her life. The Wyman family is proud to sponsor this book fund in Native American and Indigenous studies in her name.
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Skidegate House Models
From Haida Gwaii to the Chicago World's Fair and Beyond
Explores the Skidegate model village carved by Haida artists for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
In 1892 seventeen Haida artists were commissioned to carve a model of HlGaagilda Llnagaay (the village of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii,...
ISBN: 9780295751047
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Tengautuli Atkuk / The Flying Parka
The Meaning and Making of Parkas in Southwest Alaska
A unique collaboration celebrating the importance of parkas in Yup'ik material culture
Parkas are part of a living tradition in southwest Alaska. Some are ornamented with tassels, beads, and elaborate stitching; others are simpler fur or...
ISBN: 9780295751740
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The Art of Ceremony
Voices of Renewal from Indigenous Oregon
Celebrates Indigenous renewal through ceremony, understanding the impact of the past and the possibilities for the future
The practice of ceremony offers ways to build relationships between the land and its beings, reflecting change while drawing...
ISBN: 9780295750668
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Painful Beauty
Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience
Showcases the vibrant practices of Tlingit women’s beadwork
For over 150 years, Tlingit women artists have beaded colorful, intricately beautiful designs on moccasins, dolls, octopus bags, tunics, and other garments. Painful Beauty suggests that at a...
ISBN: 9780295748948
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Shifting Grounds
Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art
Foregrounds the importance of landscape within twenty-first-century Indigenous art
A distinctly Indigenous form of landscape representation is emerging among contemporary Indigenous artists from North America. For centuries, landscape painting in European art typically used representational strategies...
ISBN: 9780295749167
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In Defense of Wyam
Native-White Alliances and the Struggle for Celilo Village
When the US Army Corps of Engineers began planning construction of The Dalles Dam at Celilo Village in the mid-twentieth century, it was clear that this traditional fishing, commerce, and social site of immense importance...
ISBN: 9780295743585
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