indian art

Study of the design art produced by a variety of Indian tribes in the Western Hemisphere and used in basketry, weaving, pottery, weapons, jewelry, and other forms. Includes 700 examples of artwork with discussion of the lore and tradition behind the designs.

Gives instructions for drawing a variety of artifacts used and made by Indian tribes in North America. Includes tepees, baskets, canoes, masks, and pottery.

Brief biographies of five talented Native Americans, discussing their background and culture and their contributions to the world of art, music, and dance.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for making a variety of Native American crafts, including seed and bead jewelry, totem poles, corncob and cornhusk dolls, clay pots, moccasins, hoop drums, and other items.

A color-illustrated overview of Native American art that describes signs and symbols, rock art, wood and stone sculpture, basketry, textiles, pottery, jewelry and headdresses, sandpaintings, earth mounds, and painting. Also includes a time line, a glossary, and a selected bibliography.

Tells the story of seventy-two chiefs and warriors from various Indian tribes who were imprisoned at an old Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida in 1875 after their tribes were conquered in the Red River War and forced onto reservations in what is now Oklahoma.

Provides color photographs and descriptions of forty-eight works of Mexican art, arranged chronologically over the course of 3,500 years, from 1500 B.C. to 1987.

Text and photographs examine the artistic heritage of the Indian tribes inhabiting the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada.

Introduces the arts and crafts of various Native American cultural groups in North America, focusing on historical information from the years between the 1500s and 1900s.

Describes and discusses wall and sand paintings, Katchina dolls, pottery, and other forms of Southwest Indian art. Illustrated with black and white photographs.