The land carries our ancestors : contemporary art by Native Americans

Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See 1940- (author,, curator.). Harjo, Joy, (contributor.). Ahtone, Heather, (contributor.). Condill, Shana Bushyhead, (contributor.). National Gallery of Art (U.S.), (organizer,, host institution.). New Britain Museum of American Art, (host institution.).

Summary: "Curated by artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, this exhibition brings together works by an intergenerational group of nearly 50 living Native artists practicing across the United States. Their powerful expressions reflect the diversity of Native American individual, regional, and cultural identities. At the same time, these works share a worldview informed by thousands of years of reverence, study, and concern for the land. Through a variety of practices--including weaving, beadwork, sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, performance, and video--these artists visualize Indigenous knowledge of land, landbase, landscape. Together, the works in The Land Carries Our Ancestors underscore the self-determination, survivance, and right to self-representation of Indigenous peoples."--From the National Gallery of Art's website.

Record details

ISBN: 0691245452
ISBN: 9780691245454
Physical Description: 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 26 cm
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Publisher: Washington, DC : National Gallery of Art ; Princeton ; Oxford : In association with Princeton University Press, [2023]
Manufacturer: Italy : Verona Libri
Copyright: ©2023

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Exhibition dates: National Gallery of Art, Washington, September 22, 2023-January 15, 2024; New Britain Museum of American Art, April 18-September 15, 2024"--Colophon. Designed by Deborah Littlejohn (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians descent); edited by Nancy Eickel; produced by Brad Ireland and Christina Wiginton.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 171) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword and acknowledgments / Kaywin Feldman, Director, National Gallery of Art -- Once the world was perfect / Joy Harjo, Muscogee (Creek) Nation -- Sky as place, land as body, landscape as spiritual compass / heather ahtone, Choctaw/Chickasaw Nation -- Land/landbase/landscape / Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation -- The dust on our feet / Shana Bushyhead Condill, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians -- Works of art -- Artist biographies -- Works in the exhibition.