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Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
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Introduction to the Native peoples of the American Southwest.
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Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1993 |
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Introduction to the Native peoples of the American Southwest.
Author | : Trudy Griffin-Pierce |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826319081 |
A comprehensive guide to the historic and contemporary indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, intended for college courses and the general reader.
Author | : Michael G Johnson |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2013-04-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 178096188X |
This focuses on the history, costume, and material culture of the native peoples of North America. It was in the Southwest – modern Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of California and other neighboring states – that the first major clashes took place between 16th-century Spanish conquistadors and the indigenous peoples of North America. This history of contact, conflict, and coexistence with first the Spanish, then their Mexican settlers, and finally the Americans, gives a special flavor to the region. Despite nearly 500 years of white settlement and pressure, the traditional cultures of the peoples of the Southwest survive today more strongly than in any other region. The best-known clashes between the whites and the Indians of this region are the series of Apache wars, particularly between the early 1860s and the late 1880s. However, there were other important regional campaigns over the centuries – for example, Coronado's battle against the Zuni at Hawikuh in 1540, during his search for the legendary “Seven Cities of Cibola”; the Pueblo Revolt of 1680; and the Taos Revolt of 1847 – and warriors of all of these are described and illustrated in this book.
Author | : Trudy Griffin-Pierce |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2010-06-08 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0231520107 |
A major work on the history and culture of Southwest Indians, The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southwest tells a remarkable story of cultural continuity in the face of migration, displacement, violence, and loss. The Native peoples of the American Southwest are a unique group, for while the arrival of Europeans forced many Native Americans to leave their land behind, those who lived in the Southwest held their ground. Many still reside in their ancestral homes, and their oral histories, social practices, and material artifacts provide revelatory insight into the history of the region and the country as a whole. Trudy Griffin-Pierce incorporates her lifelong passion for the people of the Southwest, especially the Navajo, into an absorbing narrative of pre- and postcontact Native experiences. She finds that, even though the policies of the U.S. government were meant to promote assimilation, Native peoples formed their own response to outside pressures, choosing to adapt rather than submit to external change. Griffin-Pierce provides a chronology of instances that have shaped present-day conditions in the region, as well as an extensive glossary of significant people, places, and events. Setting a precedent for ethical scholarship, she describes different methods for researching the Southwest and cites sources for further archaeological and comparative study. Completing the volume is a selection of key primary documents, literary works, films, Internet resources, and contact information for each Native community, enabling a more thorough investigation into specific tribes and nations. The Columbia Guides to American Indian History and Culture also include: The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Great Plains Loretta Fowler The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Northeast Kathleen J. Bragdon The Columbia Guide to American Indians of the Southeast Theda Perdue and Michael D. Green
Author | : Dorothy S. Sides |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2013-03-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486155242 |
The decorative art of the Indians of the American Southwest has long been recognized as one of the most beautiful art traditions in the primitive world. It demonstrates a technical skill with simple materials, a symbolic richness, and a faculty for creating rich effects by the imaginative use of ornament that are all almost unique. Museums use Pueblo ceramics for display pieces, and modern artists and crafters have turned eagerly to the handwork of prehistoric Indian women for inspiration and working ideas. Mrs. Dorothy Sides, a noted artist and collector, has gathered together and redrawn in black and white nearly 300 examples of the finest authentic Southwestern Indian decoration that she has seen in a lifetime of study. She has not limited her selection to one period or style, however; to make her book as useful as possible, she has selected material ranging from the thirteenth century great geometric art of the Pueblos to the handcrafts carried on by the nomadic and Pueblo peoples of the present. The main emphasis of this volume is on ceramic decoration, and Mrs. Sides includes pieces from the rich archeological sites of Pecos, Sikyatki, the Mimbres, and modern Pueblo pottery from Acoma, Zuni, Cochiti, and the Hopi. She also includes designs and motifs from the basketry of the Apache, Pima, and Papago; beadwork from the Mohave; authentic Zuni masks; Hopi kachina dolls; and sand paintings and blanket designs from the Navajo. This broad coverage of beautiful ornament illustrates many different art styles to fit every situation: geometric designs based upon balanced mirror fields of design, symbolic figures of the thunderbird, and modern stylizations. All is beautiful and imaginative. Any crafter working with ceramics will find this book indispensable as a source of rich, easily used, powerful design; workers in wood, weavers, metal workers, and leather workers will find that it will enlarge their decorative resources considerably. It also offers unusual and eye-catching designs for commercial artists who wish to do work suggesting travel, handcrafts, the Southwest, or the social sciences. Individual drawings are royalty-free and may be reproduced without fee or permission. "Worthy of an honored place in the library of aboriginal American art." — F. H. Hodge, Director, Southwestern Museum.
Author | : Peter F. Copeland |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 1994-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780486279640 |
40 detailed illustrations: Navajo medicine man and braves, Apache chiefs, Hopi pottery makers, Pueblo flute player, drum makers of the Taos pueblo, Zuni turquoise driller, more. Captions.
Author | : Thomas E. Sheridan |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1996-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780816514663 |
Describes the history and culture of the Native peoples of the regions on either side of the border with Mexico
Author | : Bertha Pauline Dutton |
Publisher | : UNM Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780826307040 |
Describes the history, culture, and social structure of the Pueblo, Navajo, Apache, Ute, and Paiute Indian tribes.
Author | : DILWORTH L |
Publisher | : Smithsonian |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1996-10-17 |
Genre | : Government publications |
ISBN | : 9781560986416 |
In Imagining Indians in the Southwest, Leah Dilworth examines the creation and enduring potency of the early twentieth-century myth of the primitive Indian. She shows how visions of Indians - created not only by tourism but also by anthropologists, collectors of Indian crafts, and modernist writers - have reflected white anxieties about such issues as the value of labor in an industrialized society, racial assimilation, and the perceived loss of cultural authenticity. Dilworth explores diverse expressions of mainstream society's primitivist impulse - from the Fred Harvey Company's guided tours of Indian pueblos supposedly untouched by modern life to enthnographic descriptions of the Hopi Snake dance as alien and exotic. She shows how magazines touted the preindustrial simplicity of Indian artisanal occupations and how Mary Austin's 1923 book, The American Rhythm, urged poets to emulate the cadences of Native American song and dance. Contending that Native Americans of the Southwest still are seen primarily as living relics, Dilworth describes the ways in which they have resisted cultural colonialism. She concludes with a consideration of two contemporary artists who, by infusing their works with history and complexity, are recasting the practices and politics of primitivism.
Author | : Mir Tamim Ansary |
Publisher | : Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781588103529 |
These book focus on Native American culture by examining geographic and cultural groupings as well as the major nations and tribes within each area.