Oral history interview with G. Peter Jemison
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jemison, G. Peter
label: Interviewer
content: Scott, Nicole, 1988-
label: Names
content: Leon Polk Smith Native American Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Occupation
content: Mixed-media artists -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Native American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Jemison, G. Peter
label: Interviewer
content: Scott, Nicole, 1988-
culture: label: Culture
content: Seneca
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: G. Peter Jemison (1945-) (Seneca, Heron Clan) is a New York based artist whose paintings and mixed media works draw on orenda, the Haudenosaunee belief that spiritual force pervades all creation. He has advocated for Native autonomy as a curator and representative on federal advisory councils. 

Nicole Scott (1988-) (Navajo) is director of the Native American Future Steward Program at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Items (wav files (5 hours., 9 min.), digital, wav )
label: Extent
content: 79 Pages (Transcript.)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 1910017
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2021 April 25 and May 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jemiso21
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with G. Peter Jemison conducted 2021 April 25 and May 3, by Nicole Scott, for the Archives of American Art, at Jemison's studio and home on Seneca land in Victor, N.Y.