Going Home Star: Reconciliation by Ballet
With substantial indigenous guidance, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is turning harrowing aspects of First Nations history into acclaimed ballets.
Arts and Cultures
Choosing Sides: Divided Loyalties in the War of 1812
Imagine you had to choose sides in a fight between your oldest friend and his children who live next door. Remaining neutral is not an option. How would you decide which one to support? That is what the Six Nations Confederacy faced during the War of 1812.
Reviving an Art Form: Reviving a Culture
Joshua Madalena, potter and former governor of Jemez Pueblo, experimented for a decade before recovering the secret of making his people’s ancient black-and-white ceramics, lost for 300 years after Spanish repression of the Pueblo Revolt.
Life on the Art Market Trail
Indian artists and craftsman travel a year-long circuit of prestigious craft fairs and competitions to bring their work to the attention of a broader public.
A Song from the Heart: The Birth of Rock 'n' Roll
The beat of indigenous music re-emerged in the Rock ‘n’ Roll of our time.
A Great Charge: How Native Dance Changed American Ballet
With his friend, Miss Erna Fergusson, Shawn drove for hours to the Pueblo, “white adobe houses around an open square, blue New Mexico sky, bluer than the Mediterranean at its best, and the inevitably right masses of color made by the Indians’ red blankets, coal black, straight hair, silver and turquoise jewelry.” Shawn watched all day, as some 60 dancers repeated their 40-minute pattern with a 20-minute rest period.
TV’s New Indian: Gangs And Casinos
Dramas on the small screen have evolved a new image of the modern Native, but not necessarily a better one.
Art And Healing: The Sand Creek Massacre 150 Years Later
The shocking massacre of innocent Cheyenne and Arapaho people inspires a Denver art exhibit by the descendants of the victims.
The Glittering World of the Yazzie Family
A new exhibit at the Museum’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York highlights the spectacular work of this familyof Navajo jewelers.
Sarah Sense: Weaving Place and Memory
Reconnecting with her Chitimacha heritage, Sarah Sense incorporates a rich basketry tradition into an art informed by her education in California and New York, as well has her varied international travel.