Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

McCleary, Katherine Nova; Shrestinian, Leah Tamar; Zordan, Joseph

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BOOKPlace, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20482

This important publication is the first from the Yale University Art Gallery dedicated to Indigenous North American art. Accompanying a student-curated exhibition, it marks a milestone in the collection, display, and interpretation of Native American art at Yale and seeks to expand the dialogue surrounding the University’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and their arts. The catalogue features an introduction by the curators that surveys the history of Indigenous art on campus and outlines the methodology used while researching and mounting the exhibition; a discussion of Yale’s Native American Cultural Center; and a preface by the Medicine Woman and Tribal Historian of the Mohegan Nation. Also included are images of nearly 100 works—basketry, beadwork, drawings, photography, pottery, textiles, and wood carving, from the early 1800s to the present day—drawn from the collections of the Gallery, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The objects are grouped into four sections, each introduced with a short essay, that center on the themes in the book’s title. Together, these texts and artworks seek to amplify Indigenous voices and experiences, charting a course for future collaborations.

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Print publication date June 2019 (in print)

Print ISBN 9780894679827

EISBN 9780300259063

Illustrations 112

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List of illustrations

Trail of Life Symbol
Plaque commemorating Newport, Jacob, and Aaron
Installation view of Connecticut Native Americans
View of the Richard and Jane Manoogian Foundation Gallery of American Art before 1900
Installation view of The Power of Pictures: Images from the Collections of the Beinecke Library
Katherine Nova McCleary (Little Shell Chippewa–Cree) presenting at the program Rick E. Bartow and Native American Art at Yale
The Advisory Council on Native Arts and Cultures examine works at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Installation view of Pueblo Women’s Ceramics from the Patti Skigen Collection
Exterior view of the Native American Cultural Center
Each Other
View of the third floor, Native American Cultural Center
View of the second floor, Native American Cultural Center
Yellow Hair
Wall of Nations
Basket
River Cane Basket (I-hya Talu-tsa)
White Oak Basket
River Cane Basket (I-hya Talu-tsa)
Our Lands Are Not Lines on Paper
Spruce Root Baskets
First Teachers Balance the Universe, Part I: Things That Fly (Predator)
First Teachers Balance the Universe, Part II: Things That Fly (Prey)
Bowl
Jar
Solo
Pot
Storage jar
Bandolier Bag (Aazhooningwa’on)
Moccasins
Miniature Canoe
Bowl
Bowl
Cradle
Casey Camp Horinek, Citizen of Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, “Zhutni,” Tribal Councilwoman, Leader of Scalp Dance Society, Sundancer, Delegate to UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, Matriarch of Wonderful Family (Grandmother, Companion, Mother, Sister), Defender of Mother Earth
Dwain Camp, Ponca, “Shongaska (What Horse, Same Name as Gus McDonald),” Descendant of Gus McDonald, Defender of Mother Earth, Native Rights Activist, Wounded Knee Veteran, Chaplain of Scalp Dance Society, Eldest of Camp Family Crew, and Craig Camp, Sr., Citizen of Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, “Zhaba Zhinga,” Gus McDonald Descendant, AIM Member, Vietnam Veteran, Wounded Knee Veteran, Alcatraz Veteran, Defender of Mother Earth, Lifelong Sundancer
Tamara G. White Eagle, Citizen of Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Great Granddaughter of Oscar Makes Cry, Hazel Headman, Citizen of Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Granddaughter of Oscar Makes Cry, and Rose I. Kamdlekaule, Citizen of Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma, Great Granddaughter of Oscar Makes Cry, Mother of Bruce A. Johnson
Ann Marie Woolworth, Citizen of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Age 13, Basketball Player, Grandparents Are Woolworth and Madbull
Enoch Kelly Haney, Citizen of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, Artist, Former State Senator and Principal Chief of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Brielle Turney, Citizen of Comanche Nation, Descendant of Chiefs Mugura and Aritka-papi
Selection from 10 Little Indian Boys
Selection from 10 Little Indian Boys
Selection from 10 Little Indian Boys
Selection from 10 Little Indian Boys
Coiled Basket Tray
Pipe Bags
The Prisoners Entering Fort Sill
Young Kiowas Dressed for a Ceremonial Visit
A Kiowa Banquet in the Good Old Days Back Home
Indian Prisoners Arriving at Caddo I. T. May 5 1875
Indian Council
Five Mounted Indians Hunting Deer
Two Indians Stalking Deer
Fourteen Indians Shown from Behind, Listening to an Indian Woman Addressing Them
Elaborate Party of Nine Indians Hunting Buffalo
An Officer Addressing a Large Group, Likely the Prisoners in Their U.S. Army Standard Issue Dress
Sketchbook: Ceremonial scene
Sketchbook: Ceremonial procession scene
Sketchbook: Skinning a bison after a hunt
Sketchbook: Gathering of Indians
Moccasins
Container
Bicentennial Indian
Second Phase Chief Blanket (Hanoolchaadi)
Vest
Gourd Bowl
Gourd Bowl
Gourd Bowl
Gourd Bowl
Model Totem Pole
Miniature Canoe with Paddles
Moccasins
Purse
Reindeer Roundup
Moccasins
Container
Basket (Degikup)
Bandolier Bag
Martingale (Datchípeetaaliche)
Dress
Cradle
Grandmother Carrying Her Grandson
Deer in a Forest
Woman Carrying a Basket of Blue Corn on Her Head
Baby Bonnet
Pot
Water Jug
Water Jug
Bowl
Couples Dance
Feast
Family Eating under an Awning
Eye-Dazzler Blanket
Coyote
Bitch (Wild Dog)
Sea Monster Mask
Gift Basket
Model Totem Pole
Chilkat Robe (Naaxin)
Untitled Drawing
Untitled Drawing
Untitled Drawing
Untitled Drawing
Indifferent
Lost Boy IV, from the series Never Neverland
Untitled
As the Women Crossed the River to Join the Men, the Coyote Stole the Baby for the Water Spirit
Untitled
Untitled
Leggings (Gashkidaasebizonan)
Bandolier Bag (Aazhooningwa’on)
Birchbark Tray
Moccasins

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

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Director’s Foreword

Stephanie Wiles

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

~Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art marks a milestone in the display and interpretation of Native American art at Yale University. It is the first exhibition to bring together Indigenous North American art from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, and...

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Stephanie Wiles

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Acknowledgments

Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

~Our profound gratitude, first and foremost, to the ninety-two objects in this exhibition and publication, and to the countless others we met in storage cabinets and cases along the way. Thank you for allowing us to visit with you, hold you, and speak to you. Thank you for teaching us. We are grateful to the artists who created you, and to the ancestors,...

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

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Preface: Belonging to the Trail

Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

The Quinnipiac Nation belongs to the territory now known as New Haven, Connecticut. According to Indigenous scholar Lisa T. Brooks (Wabanaki), a nation cultivates and renews such “belonging” through connective acts of kinship with the land,...

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Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.12-13

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Chapter subject tags:Mohegan IndiansIndian decoration and ornamentIndian baskets--North AmericaIndian mythology--North AmericaIndians of North America--Exhibitions

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

~Many Indigenous peoples choose to adhere to protocols regarding objects that have been used in a funerary context, often deeming such objects unsuitable for display in museums. In the United States, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) requires institutions receiving federal funding to identify objects in their collections...

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

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Entangled Pasts, Collaborative Futures: Reimagining Indigenous North American Art at Yale

Katherine Nova McCleary and Leah Tamar Shrestinian

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

Indigenous North American art is an enduring yet under-recognized presence at Yale University. Thousands of artworks and cultural and sacred items—which hold stories of their artists, communities, and lands—live in disparate collections across campus. On display in glass cases or tucked away in storage, in wooden drawers and steel cabinets, with catalogue numbers scrawled across their...

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Katherine Nova McCleary and Leah Tamar Shrestinian

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.17-35

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214.001

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Chapter subject tags:Indians of North America--ResearchIndians of North America--ExhibitionsCultural property--Repatriation--United StatesIndian art--North America

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Spaces for Expression: Art and Knowledge Sharing at the Native American Cultural Center

Ned Blackhawk and Summer Sutton

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

Establishing culturally enriching spaces for Native American students in higher education remains an ongoing challenge. Such challenges are often compounded not only by the limited number of faculty and curricular resources in Native American Studies but also by the design and culture of many academic institutions...

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Ned Blackhawk and Summer Sutton

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.37-47

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214.002

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Chapter subject tags:Indian art--North AmericaIndians of North America--ExhibitionsNative American Cultural Center (Yale University)Indians of North America--Social life and customs

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Place

Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

Most of the art in this exhibition was collected between 1870 and 1930, a period marked by the violent dispossession of land for Indigenous North American peoples...

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.51-77

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20490

Chapter subject tags:Indian art--North AmericaIndians of North America--AgricultureIndian baskets--North AmericaIndian textile fabrics--North AmericaIndian pottery--North America

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Nations

Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

At the core of Indigenous sovereignty, or nationhood, is the inherent right to self-governance and...

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

Related print edition pages: pp.79-119

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20491

Chapter subject tags:Indians of North America--HistoryIndians of North America--PortraitsIndians of North America--Rites and ceremoniesIndians of North America--Social life and customs

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Generations

Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

The objects in this section speak to artists’ roles as teachers, intellectuals, and innovators. Many pass on knowledge of Indigenous technologies, art forms, and stories to future generations by making works for family, clan members, or the tourist market. Some, such as George Twok Aden Ahgupuk...

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

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Related print edition pages: pp.121-159

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214.005

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Chapter subject tags:Indians of North America--Study and teachingIndian art--North AmericaIndians of North America--Social life and customsIndian pottery--North AmericaSouvenirs (Keepsakes)

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Beings

Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

The objects in this section represent Indigenous artists’ reciprocal relationships with the nonhuman “beings” that make up the world, including plants, animals, cosmological forces, and other animate entities. Some works in this section express an artist’s or family’s relationship to a being through their colors, designs, and materials, while others are themselves...

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

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Related print edition pages: pp.161-191

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00214.006

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Chapter subject tags:Indian cosmologyIndians of North America--FolkloreIndians of North America--HistoryIndians of North America--Rites and ceremoniesIndians of North America--Social life and customs

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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Joseph Zordan

Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art

~Every effort has been made to credit the artists and the sources; if there are errors or omissions, please contact the Yale University Art Gallery so that corrections can be made in any subsequent editions. All images courtesy Visual Resources Department, Yale University Art Gallery, unless otherwise noted.

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