"Presented by Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. "Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Minneapolis Institute of Art and held at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2-August 18, 2019; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, September 27, 2019-January 12, 2020; Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., February 21-May 17, 2020; and, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 27-September 13, 2020."--Title page verso. "Heart of Our People: Native Women Artists" : June 2-August 18, 2019, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. "Heart of Our People: Native Women Artists" : September 27, 2019-January 12, 2020, Frist Art Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, United States. "Heart of Our People: Native Women Artists" : February 21-May 17, 2020, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. "Heart of Our People: Native Women Artists" : June 27-September 13, 2020, Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
Contents:
In Focus: Bax'ẃana'tsi: the Container for Souls / In Focus: Mi'kmaw Chair / Marianne Nicolson. In Focus: St. Lawrence Iroquoian Pot / Moira McCaffrey -- Making Our World: Thoughts on Native Feminine Aesthetics / heather ahtone -- "Encircles Everything": A Transformative History of Native Women's Arts / Janet Catherine Berlo and Ruth B. Phillips -- Power. Those Naranjo Women: Daughters of the Earth / Tessie Naranjo -- In Focus: 'Maria', Rose, Empowerment, and Indigenous Women Rollin' Hard / Dyani White Hawk -- "Carrying On": Gender and Innovation in Historic Pueblo Pottery Nampeyo, Maria Martinez, and Arroh-A-Och / Lea S. McChesney -- In Focus: Edmonia Lewis: 'The Old Arrow Maker' / America Meredith -- The Women Were Busy Abstracting the World / Teri Greeves -- Mary Sully: Ahead of Her Time / Jill Ahlberg Yohe -- In Focus: Christi Belcourt: 'The Wisdom of the Universe' / Dakota Hoska -- The Unsuccessful Indigenous Erasure: A Conversation with Delina White and Juanita Espinosa / Graci Horne -- In Focus: Jennie Ross Cobb: 'Cherokee Female Seminary Graduating Class, 1902' / America Meredith -- The Scientist and the Polymath: Tlingit Weavers Teri Rofkar and Clarissa Rizal / Aldona Jonaitis -- In Focus: Shelley Niro: 'Thinking Caps' / Ruth B. Phillips -- In Focus: Poemeo: 'It Was Cloudy' / Heid E. Erdrich -- Generations of Odawa Quill Art / Adriana Greci Green -- Early Native American Women Painters of Oklahoma / America Meredith -- In Focus: The Elk-tooth dress / Wendy Red Star -- In Focus: Lakota Young Man's Vest / Jessa Rae Growing Thunder -- Native Culture Endures: Basketry of the Columbia Plateau / Pat Courtney Gold and Bridget Johnson -- Relationships. In Focus: Dakota Cradleboard / Alexandra Kahsenni:io Nahwegahbow -- Mohawk Women of Kahnawake / Carla Hemlock -- Art as a Container for Culture / Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi -- In Focus: Slavey (Dené) Dog Blanket / Heather Everheart -- In Focus: The Story of the Two Miniature Pomo Beaded Baskets / Susan Billy -- Animate Matters: Thoughts on Native American Art Theory, Curation, and Practice / Jill Ahlberg Yohe -- In Focus: Cheyenne Pipe Bag / Heather Levi -- Memory Threads / Anita Fields -- In Focus: Hupa Girl's Dance Skirt / Susan Billy -- In Focus: Stepping Out: A Jingle Dress Moves Out in the World / Dakota Hoska -- In Focus: Blackfoot Man's Shirt / Jessa Rae Growing Thunder -- Nellie Two Bear Gates: Chronicling History through Beadwork / Susan Power -- In Focus: Weaving Materials, Cedar and Spruce Root / Lisa Telford -- Descendants of This Moment: From Paint to Beads / Teri Greeves -- In Focus: Kiowa Cradleboard / Teri Greeves -- In Focus: Faye HeavyShiled: 'Aapaskaiyaawa (They Are Dancing)' / Heather Everhart -- In Focus: Mary Anne Barkhouse: 'Sovereign' / Heather Everhart -- Beadwork Conversations: Dyani White Hawk and Graci Horne / Teri Greeves -- In Focus: Ramona Sakiestewa: 'Nebula 22 & 23' / Lea S. McChesney -- Literary Arts: Native American Women Writers / Heid E. Erdrich -- Power. In Focus: Otiianehshon Ronwatiiatanhirats (The Women Raise Them Up): Women's Nomination Belt / Iakonikohnrio Tonia Loran-Gablan -- A Native Feminist Ethics in Contemporary Indigenous Art / Jennifer McLerran -- In Focus: Carla Hemlock: 'Walking Through Time' / Jennifer McLerran -- In Focus: Stacks of Generational Wisdom: Marie Watt / Dyani White Hawk -- In Focus: The Mystery Surrounding a Lakhóta Dress / Dakota Hoska -- In Focus: Armor against the Enemy: An Otoe Faw Faw Coat / Christina E. Burke -- Acknowledging Women in Navajo Society: Leaders and Weavers / D. Y. Begay -- In Focus: D. Y. Begay: 'Náhooko̜sjí Hai (Winter in the North)/Biboon Giiwedinong (It Is Winter in the North) / Jennifer McLerran -- In Focus: Mary Kawennatakie Adams: "Pope Basket" / Carla Hemlock -- In Focus: Child's Ribbon Work Blankets / Anita Fields -- In Focus: Qingi: Robe of Wealth / Evelyn Vanderhoop -- Working to Change the Tide: Women Artists on the Northwest Coast / Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse and Megan A. Smetzer -- In Focus: 'Nacarrluk': Beaded Headdress / Nadia Jackinsky-Sethi -- In Focus: Mrs. Toussaint: Cox Leggings / Adriana Greci Green -- Seneca-style Beaded Women's Clothing / Wahsontiio Cross -- Two Early Masters / Adriana Greci Greene -- In Focus: Beaded Diplomacy: Houston-Jackson Bandolier Bag / America Meredith -- In Focus: Rosalie Favell: 'The Collector/The Artist in Her Museum' / Ruth B. Phillips -- Seven Sisters: Native Women Painters Connected through Time by Medium / Dakota Hoska -- In Focus: Light, Memory, and Belonging: Some Thoughts on the Recent Landscapes of Emma Whitehorse / Iris Colburn -- In Focus: Joan Hill: 'Women's Voices at the Council' / America Meredith -- Sustaining Traditions / Cherish Parrish and Kelly Church -- In Focus: Maria Tallchief: The Star that Danced over the Earth / Welana A. Queton -- Tuscarora Raised Beadwork and Raised Consciousness / Jolene Rickard -- Bearing Witness / Teri Greeves -- In Focus: Bax'ẃana'tsi: the Container for Souls / Marianne Nicolson.
Summary:
"Women have long been the creative force behind Native American art, yet their individual contributions have been largely unrecognized, instead treated as anonymous representations of entire cultures. 'Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists' explores the artistic achievements of Native women and establishes their rightful place in the art world. This lavishly illustrated book, a companion to the landmark exhibition, includes works of art from antiquity to the present, made in a variety of media from textiles and beadwork to video and digital arts. It showcases more than 115 artists from the United States and Canada, spanning over one thousand years, to reveal the ingenuity and innovation fthat have always been foundational to the art of Native women." -- Publisher's description
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.