Among Native American Plateau people, women are important culture bearers, responsible for passing spiritual values from one generation to the next by many means, including manual art forms, stories, and songs. This book explores each of the Plateau arts by means of Native American legends and poems, articles by various scholars, and interviews with Native American women artists.
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This companion volume for a current exhibition at the Museum of Art at Washington State University is an overview of Native American crafts and the people who perpetuate their tradition in the Plateau region of eastern Washington and southwest Canada. Crafts included are storytelling, basketry, hideworking, ornament (embroidery, beading, quillwork), and music. The focus is on the women who make these items. In these fresh and varied accounts, the spirit of the women's culture is intrinsic, demonstrating respect for the old ways, a religious significance to using the things of the earth, and a feeling of pride in carrying on traditions. Influences from the Northwest Coast, the Plains, and Canadian tribes are evident in the work, but the amalgam of cultures has produced unique items and a lasting tradition. This well-illustrated collection is recommended for regional and subject collections.?Gay Neale, Southside Virginia Community Coll., Alberta
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Lillian A. Ackerman is a research anthropologist and Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. Both have published extensively in Native American anthropology, focusing on women's roles.
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OLD-ONE WAS TRAVELING about, and came upon a woman sitting in an attitude of grief. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cornhusk weaver, twined caps, flat twined bags, beadwork artist, false embroidery, cornhusk bags, bag weaving, cedar basket, flat bags, coiled baskets, round bags, cedar roots, dentalium shells, hide tanning, beaded bags, ceremonial regalia, horse gear, seed beads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nez Perce, Warm Springs, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Cheney Cowles Museum, North America, Yakima Valley Museum, Columbia River, Inez Hubert, Mourning Dove, Louella Friedlander, Armenia Miles, Joanne Bigcrane, Net Perce, Colville Confederated Tribes, James Teit, Maryhill Museum of Art, Nei Perce, Rose Frank, Scalp Dance, Southern Okanogan, Canadian Plateau, Elaine Emerson, Elizabeth Wilson, Feather Religion, Mythology of the Thompson Indians New!
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cornhusk weaver, twined caps, flat twined bags, beadwork artist, false embroidery, cornhusk bags, bag weaving, cedar basket, flat bags, coiled baskets, round bags, cedar roots, dentalium shells, hide tanning, beaded bags, ceremonial regalia, horse gear, seed beads Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Nez Perce, Warm Springs, Eastern Washington State Historical Society, Cheney Cowles Museum, North America, Yakima Valley Museum, Columbia River, Inez Hubert, Mourning Dove, Louella Friedlander, Armenia Miles, Joanne Bigcrane, Net Perce, Colville Confederated Tribes, James Teit, Maryhill Museum of Art, Nei Perce, Rose Frank, Scalp Dance, Southern Okanogan, Canadian Plateau, Elaine Emerson, Elizabeth Wilson, Feather Religion, Mythology of the Thompson Indians New!
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- Mythology of the Thompson Indians by James A. Teit on 4 pages
- Coyote Stories by Mourning Dove on page 26, page 39, and Back Matter
- Swords of the Samurai (Washington State University Press Art) by Washington State University in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Stone Age on the Columbia River by Emory Strong in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Columbia River Basketry: Gift of the Ancestors, Gift of the Earth (Samuel and Althea Stroum Book) by Mary Dodds Schlick in Back Matter
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- A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples by Barry M. Pritzker in Back Matter
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