Storytelling time
Subtitle: native North American art from collections at the University of North Dakota
By: Arthur F. Jones, Lucy Annis Ganje, Nelda Schrupp ; introduction by Leigh D. Jeanotte.
Contributors: Ganje, Lucy Annis.; Schrupp, Nelda.; White Bull, Joseph, 1849-1947.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9781555953164
Subjects: White Bull, Joseph, -- 1849-1947; University of North Dakota -- Art collections -- Catalogs; Indian art -- North America -- Catalogs; Indians of North America -- Material culture; Indians of North America -- Antiquities -- Collectors and collecting; Dakota Indians -- History -- 19th century; Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Personal narratives
Genres: Catalogs; Personal narratives
Description: "The book examines how The University of North Dakota's collection of Native North American Art is understood and appreciated within its campus setting. As art collections are best understood within the context of historical trends of collecting, the book's authors consider significant changes that have affected the philosophy behind how and why collections of Native American art should be cared for, researched, and displayed. Objects made by Native North Americans, which are re-contextualized within an academic environment, are examined in ways that allow concepts embodied within them to reinforce a sense of greater cultural understanding." "Lavishly illustrated with historical as well as contemporary Native artwork, the publication's design and layout are culturally driven using a numerical scheme based on sacred geometry that has special significance within many Native cultures. An ordered grid is used to construct the visual form and to interject a sense of harmony and balance. Special efforts were taken to respectfully document sacred ceremonial objects in an attempt to be responsive to their content, form, and function."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes the original manuscript recounting of the Battle of Little Bighorn written by a warrior who fought there, Joseph White Bull, nephew of Chief Sitting Bull.