Naming the World: Language and Power Among the Northern Arapaho, Andrew Cowell

Автор: Fowler Loretta
Название: Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination: Cheyenne-Arapaho Politics
ISBN: 0803271514 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803271517
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Описание: Offers a perspective on Native American politics by examining how power on multiple levels infuses the everyday lives and consciousness of the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples of Oklahoma.

Автор: Anderson Jeffrey D.
Название: Arapaho Women`s Quillwork: Motion, Life, and Creativity
ISBN: 0806155833 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806155838
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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More than a hundred years ago, anthropologists and other researchers collected and studied hundreds of examples of quillwork once created by Arapaho women. Since that time, however, other types of Plains Indian art, such as beadwork and male art forms, have received greater attention. In Arapaho Women's Quillwork, Jeffrey D. Anderson brings this distinctly female art form out of the darkness and into its rightful spotlight within the realms of both art history and anthropology. This book is the first comprehensive examination of quillwork within Arapaho ritualized traditions.

Until the early twentieth century and the disruption of removal, porcupine quillwork was practiced by many indigenous cultures throughout North America. For Arapahos, quillwork played a central role in religious life within their most ancient and sacred traditions. Quillwork was manifest in all life transitions and appeared on paraphernalia for almost all Arapaho ceremonies. Its designs and the meanings they carried were present on many objects used in everyday life, such as cradles, robes, leanback covers, moccasins, pillows, and tipi ornaments, liners, and doors.

Anderson demonstrates how, through the action of creating quillwork, Arapaho women became central participants in ritual life, often studied as the exclusive domain of men. He also shows how quillwork challenges predominant Western concepts of art and creativity: adhering to sacred patterns passed down through generations of women, it emphasized not individual creativity, but meticulous repetition and social connectivity--an approach foreign to many outside observers.

Drawing on the foundational writings of early-nineteenth-century ethnographers, extensive fieldwork conducted with Northern Arapahos, and careful analysis of museum collections, Arapaho Women's Quillwork masterfully shows the importance of this unique art form to Arapaho life and honors the devotion of the artists who maintained this tradition for so many generations.

Автор: Leah Otak, Peesee Pitsiulak-Stevens
Название: Inuit Kinship and Naming Customs in Baffin Region
ISBN: 1897568177 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781897568170
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Presents interviews with Inuit elders from Baffin Region, Nunavut, about how names were chosen, the importance of using kinship terms, and how the practice of tuqlurausiit has changed over the years. It helps to preserve the knowledge of this tradition for younger generations, both Inuit and non-Inuit.