Identity:  Definitions, Stereotypes and Native Art

Just Because You Put Feathers in Your Hair Don't Make You An Indian
Laura Fragua, Jemez Peublo
painted clay, multia-media, 1991
Institute of American Indian Arts Permanent Collection

 

Selected Websites

The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990

"Art at the Crossroads" by Ron McCoy

Interviews with Contemporary Native American Artists

The Mascot Issue

Mascots, Lawsuits, and Racism (News from Indian Country)

"American Indians in Beads and Feathers" (Youtube interview with John Sanchez on media portrayals)

National Coalition for Racism in Sports and the Media

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

SWAIA's Indian Market Standards

"Who Stole The Tee Pee?"

"Tourist Icons:  Native American Kitsch, Camp, and Fine Art Along Route 66"

" Overcoming Nausea: The Brothers Hesselius and the American Mystery" by Kenneth A. Lockridge

The McKenney and Hall Lithographs of Charles Bird King's Portraits of American Indians (Smithsonian)

George Catlin (The National Gallery of Art)

Catlin Virtual Exhibition)

Representations of American Indians in the Capitol

"Wild West Shows" (Buffalo Bill Historical Center)

"Blue and White: Is Avatar Racist?" (movie review by Sandra Hale Schulman published in News from Indian Country)

Library Resources