Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Print publication date June 2019 (in print)
Print ISBN 9780894679827
EISBN 9780300259063
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
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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Director’s Foreword
Stephanie Wiles
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
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Acknowledgments
Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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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Preface: Belonging to the Trail
Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: Mohegan IndiansIndian decoration and ornamentIndian baskets--North AmericaIndian mythology--North AmericaIndians of North America--Exhibitions
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Note to the Reader
Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
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Entangled Pasts, Collaborative Futures: Reimagining Indigenous North American Art at Yale
Katherine Nova McCleary and Leah Tamar Shrestinian
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: Yale UniversityIndians 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
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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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Katherine Nova McCleary, Leah Tamar Shrestinian, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: Art in universities and collegesIndian 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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: 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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: SovereigntyIndians 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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: 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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
Description: Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
Copyright© 2019 by Yale University
Subjects: 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, Ned Blackhawk, Summer Sutton, Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel
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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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