A New Deal for Native art
Subtitle: Indian arts and federal policy, 1933-1943
By: Jennifer McLerran.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Tucson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780816527663
Subjects: Indian arts -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Indian handicraft industries -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934-; New Deal, 1933-1939; United States -- Cultural policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A New Deal for Native art; title: Saving Native arts from the tourist; title: A folk culture for the Americas; title: The development of a new federal Indian policy; title: Indian arts and crafts cooperatives and Indian extension service arts and crafts programs; title: Museum display of Indian art; title: Indian New Deal mural projects; title: The Civilian Conservation Corps; title: Indian Division.