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In the past, Western art historians have considered use of Western art media or exhibiting in international art arena as criteria for "modern" Native American art history. [47] Native American art history is a new and highly contested academic discipline, and these Eurocentric benchmarks are followed less and less today.
Karoniaktajeh Louis Hall (January 15, 1918 – December 9, 1993) was an Indigenous American artist, writer and activist of the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. He is most widely known for his design of the "Mohawk Warrior Flag", also known as the "Unity Flag", that was used as a symbol of resistance by the Rotisken’rakéhte, or Mohawk Warrior Society, in the 1990 Oka Crisis.
The awarding of an eagle feather, the traditional insignia of a Native American warrior, was an important rite of passage into manhood, after which the warrior assumed a new name. [17] Few Native Americans received more than three eagle feathers during their lifetime due to the bird's rarity and sacred status, but exceptionally courageous and ...
In April 2021, the Southern York County School Board voted 7-2 to begin the process of retiring the Native American warrior head athletics logo and replace the former logo with a new student ...
This list includes notable visual artists who are Inuit, Alaskan Natives, Siberian Yup'ik, American Indians, First Nations, Métis, Mestizos, and Indigenous peoples of Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. Indigenous identity is a complex and contested issue and differs from country to country in the Americas.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." [1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a ...
Originally the Philadelphia Warriors (1946–1962), their logo was a cartoon Native American dribbling a basketball. When they moved to San Francisco, the logo became a Native American headdress (1962–1968). The final elimination of Native imagery occurred with the move to Oakland in 1971. [227]
[55] In a work titled What We Know About Indians, large black and white portraits of the artists' family members are "blocked" by brightly colored overlays of mass-media depictions of Native Americans.: 32 Teters' childhood portrait is overlaid with a Disney image of Pocahontas, and another portrait is overlaid with an image of Chief Wahoo.