In the Spirit of Crazy Horse , Peter Mathiessen On a hot June morning in 1975, a fatal shoot-out took place between FBI agents and American Indians on a remote property near Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in which an Indian and two federal agents were killed. Eventually, four members of AIM, the American Indian Movement, were indicted on murder charges in the deaths of the two agents. Leonard Peltier, the only one to be convicted, is now serving consecutive life sentences in a federal penitentiary. A fascinating book about recent history in America that reads like a mystery. The Art of Tewa Pueblo Children , by Bruce Hucko Art is a rich and ancient tradition among the Tewa Pueblo Indians of northern New Mexico, going back to the pictures their ancestors carved and painted on stone across the Southwest.
Art is synonymous with work, with thoughts, with expression.
Little distinction is made between baking bread, dancing, making pottery, or chopping wood. The Long Walk. In the 1860's as the conflicts between Western settlers and the Navajo and Apache peoples native to the Southwest increased, the United States government decided to expel tribes from their homelands and place them under guard. A dark chapter in American history had begun. A comprehensive guide to identifying and understanding southwest Indian jewelry, pottery, basketry, weaving, and carvings.