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Selected
Post-Contact Native American Art Resources in
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Bibliographies and Guides
Gill, George A. A Reference Resource Guide of the
American Indian. Tempe, AZ: Center
for Indian Education, Arizona State University, 1974. Z 1209 .G544. #
Harding, Anne Dinsdale. Bibliography of Articles and Papers on
North American Indian Art. New
York: Kraus Reprint, 1969. Z 1209 .H26
1969.
Folsom, Franklin. America’s Ancient Treasures: A Guide to
Archaeological Sites and Museums in the United States and Canada.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1983. E 56 .F64 1983. #
Lovett, John R. Jr., and
Donald L. DeWitt. Guide to Native
American Ledger Drawings and Pictographs in United States Museums, Libraries,
and Archives. Westport, Conn.:
Greenwood Press, 1998. E 98 .A7 L68
1998. #
Handbooks and Directories
Handbook of North American
Indians. Washington: Smithsonian Institution: for
sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1978 - . E 77 .H25.
?
Johannsen, Christina B.,
John P. Ferguson, eds. Iroquois
Arts: A Directory of a People and Their Work. Warnerville, NY: Association for the Advancement of Native North
American Arts and Crafts, 1983. E 99
.I7 I72 1983.
Levy, Gordon. Who’s Who in Zuni Jewelry. Denver: Western Arts Publishing Co., c1980 -
. E 99 .Z9 L44.
Books
General
(see also individual subject
listings below)
Anthropological Papers of
the American Museum of Natural History. New York:
The Museum, 1907 - . GN 2 .A27. #
Anthropology, Memoirs. Chicago: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1925 - . GN 4 .F5. #
Appleton, LeRoy H. Indian Art of the Americas. New York: Scribner, 1950. E 59 .A7 A6. #
$
Blodgett, Jean. Grasp Tight the Old Ways: Selections from
the Klamer Family Collection of Inuit Art.
Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1983. E 99 .E7 B6587 1983.
Blodgett, Jean. Kenojuak. Toronto: Firefly Books, 1985.
E 99 .E7 K433 1985.
Carlson, Roy L.,
editor. Indian Art Traditions of the
Northwest Coast. Burnaby, B.C.:
Archaeology Press, Simon Fraser University, 1982? E78 .N78 I52 1982. #
Coe, Ralph T. Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Year of
North American Indian Art: Nelson Gallery of Art – Atkins Museum of Fine Arts,
Kansas City, Missouri… Kansas City: The Gallery, 1977. E 98 .A7 C54 1977. $
Colton, Mary-Russell
Ferrell. Hopi Dyes. Flagstaff, AZ: Museum of Northern Arizona Press, 1978, 1965. E 99 .H7 C62 1978.
Conn, Richard. Circles of the World: Traditional Art of the Plains Indians. Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum, 1982. E 78 .G73 C57 1982.
Cross, Jeanette. Southwestern Designs. Santa Fe, NM:
Sunstone Press, 1984. NK 1590 .I5 C76
1984.
Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indian, being a series
of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska. New York: Johnson Reprint Corp., 1970,
c1907-30. E 77 .C98. #
Cushing, Frank Hamilton. Zuni Fetiches. Flagstaff, AZ: K.C.
Publications, 1966. E 99 .Z9 C9
1966.
Drew, Leslie, and Douglas
Wilson. Argillite: Art of the Haida. North Vancouver, B.C.: Hancock House; New York: distributed in the
U.S. by Universe Books, 1980. E 99 .H2
D74. #
Exposition of Indian Tribal
Arts, Inc. Introduction to American
Indian Art: To Accompany the First Exhibition of American Indian Art Selected
Entirely with Consideration of Esthetic Value. Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press; [distributed by MacRae’s Indian
Book Distributors, Santa Rosa, CA, 1970].
E 98 .A7 E95 1970.
Feder, Norman. American Indian Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. E 98 .A7 F38. $
Feest, Christian F. Native Arts of North America. New York: Oxford University Press,
1980. E 98 .A7 F44.
Fenton, William Nelson. The False Faces of the Iroquois. Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press, 1987.
E 99 .I7 F45 1987. #
Furst, Peter T., and Jill L.
Furst. North American Indian Art. New York: Rizzoli International Publications,
1982. E 98 .A7 F87 1982. #
Hawthorn, Audrey. Kwakiutl Art. Seattle: University
of Washington Press, 1979. E 99 .K9 H3 1979.
# $
Highwater, Jamake. The Sweet Grass Lives On: Fifty Contemporary
North American Indian Artists. New
York: Lippincott & Crowell, 1980. N
6538 .A4 H5 1980. $
Holm, Bill. Indian Art of the Northwest Coast: A
Dialogue on Craftsmanship and Aesthetics. Houston, TX: Institute for the Arts, Rice University; Seattle:
distributed by the University of Washington Press, 1976, 1975. E 78 .N78 H59 1976.
Holm, Bill. The Box of Daylight: Northwest Coast Indian Art. Seattle:
Seattle Art Museum; University of
Washington Press, 1983. E 78 .N78 H587
1983. #
Hunt, Walter Bernard. American Indian Beadwork. New York: Collier Books; London: Collier
Macmillan Publishers, 1971, c1951. E 98
.C8 H8 1971.
Inverarity, Robert
Bruce. Art of the Northwest Coast
Indians. Berkeley: University of
California Press, 1950. E 98 .A7
I5. $ ‡
King, J.C.H. Portrait Masks from the Northwest Coast
of America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1979. E 78 .N78 K56.
Koch, Ronald P. Dress Clothing of the Plains Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
1977. E 78 .G73 K6. #
Macnair, Peter L., Alan L.
Hoover, Kevin Neary. The Legacy:
Tradition and Innovation in Northwest Coast Indian Art. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre;
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1984.
E 98 .A7 M33 1984. #
Mera, H. P. Pueblo Designs: 176 Illustrations of the
“Rain Bird.” New York: Dover
Publications, 1970, c1938. E 99 .P9 M4
1970.
Monthan, Guy. Art and Indian Individualists: The Art of
Seventeen Contemporary Southwestern Artists and Craftsmen. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1975. E
78 .S7 M66.
Morrow, Mable. Indian Rawhide: An American Folk Art. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
1975. E 98 .L4 M67. * #
Ray, Dorothy Jean. Aleut and Eskimo Art: Tradition and Innovation in South Alaska. Seattle:
University of Washington Press, 1981.
E 99 .E7 R24. #
Ray, Dorothy Jean. Aleut and Eskimo Art: Tradition and Innovation in North Alaska. Seattle:
Published for the Henry Art Gallery by the University of Washington
Press, 1977. E 99 .E7 R27. $
Ritchie, Carson I. A. Art of the Eskimo. South Brunswick, NJ: Barnes, 1979. E 99 .E7 R558.
Roessel, Robert A. Navajo Arts and Crafts. Rough Rock, Navajo Nation, AZ: Navajo
Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, 1983. E 99 .N3 R633 1983.
Salomon, Julian Harris. The Book of Indian Crafts & Indian Lore. New York, London: Harper & Brothers,
1928. E 98 .I5 S25 1928. $
Schaafsma, Polly. Indian Rock Art of the Southwest. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research, 1980. E 78 .S7 S28. #
School of American Research.
Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research,
1931 - . GN 43.2 .N6. # $
Seton, Julia M. American Indian Arts, a Way of Life. New York: Ronald Press Co., 1962. E 98 .A7 S4. # $
Steward, Hilary. Indian Artifacts of the Northwest
Coast. Seattle: University of
Washington Press, 1975, c1973. E 78
.N78 S76 1975.
Stewart, Hilary. Cedar:
Tree of Life to the Northwest Coast Indians. Seattle:
University of Washington Press, 1984.
E 78 .N78 S762 1984. #
Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Craft Arts. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1968.
E 78 .S7 T3. #
Tiger, Peggy and Molly
Babcock. The Life and Art of Jerome
Tiger: War to Peace, Death to Life. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1980. N 6537 .T54 T53. $
Wade, Edwin L., editor. The Arts of the North American Indian:
Native Tradition in Evolution. New
York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986. E 98
.A7 A78 1986. #
Walker Art Center. American Indian Art: Form and Tradition. New York: Dutton, 1972. E 98 .A7 A442. # $
Wardwell, Allen. Objects of Bright Pride: Northwest Coast Indian Art from the American
Museum of Natural History. New
York: American Federation of Arts;
[Seattle?]: University of Washington Press, 1988. E 78 .N78 W28 1988.
Washburn, Dorothy K., Robert
Sayers, eds. The Elkus Collection:
Southwestern Indian Art. San
Francisco: California Academy of Sciences; Seattle: Distributed by the University
of Washington Press, 1984. E 78 .S7 E48
1984. #
Basketry, Weaving
Dockstader, Frederick
J. Weaving Arts of the North
American Indian. New York: Crowell,
1978. E 98 .T35 D62.
Foreman, Carolyn
Thomas. Cherokee Weaving and
Basketry. Muskogee, OK: Star
Printery, 1948. E 99 .C5 F6.
Fox, Nancy. Pueblo Weaving and Textile Arts. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press,
1978. E 99 .P9 F67.
Gettys, Marshall,
editor. Basketry of Southeastern
Indians. Idabel, OK: Museum of the
Red River, 1984. E 78 .S65 B38 1984.
Gustafson, Paula. Salish Weaving. Vancouver, B.C.: Douglas & McIntyre;
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1980.
E 99 .S21 G87 1980. #
James, George Wharton. Indian Blankets and Their Makers. Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, 1970, c1914.
E 99 .N3 J3 1970.
Kent, Kate Peck. Navajo Weaving: Three Centuries of
Change. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research Press; Seattle:
Distributed by University of Washington Press, 1985. E 99 .N3 K39 1985. #
Kent, Kate Peck. Pueblo Indian Textiles: A Living
Tradition. Santa Fe, NM: School of
American Research Press, 1983. E 99 .P9
K46 1983. #
Lamb, Frank W. Indian Baskets of North America. Riverside, CA: Riverside Museum Press, 1972.
E 98 .B3 L34 1972.
Lobb, Allan. Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast. Portland, OR: C. H. Belding, 1978. E 78
.N78 I53.
Mason, Otis Tufton. Aboriginal Indian Basketry. Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, 1970. E 59 .B3 M3 1970.
Tanner, Clara Lee. Apache Indian Baskets. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1982.
E 99 .A6 T25. #
Tanner, Clara Lee. Indian Baskets of the Southwest. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1983.
E 78 .S7 T287 1983. #
Jewelry
Adair, John. The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
1944. E 98 .A7 A17. #
Bennett, Edna Mae, and John
F. Bennett. Turquoise Jewelry of the
Indians of the Southwest. Colorado
Springs: Turquoise Books, 1973. E 78
.S7 B42.
Frank, Larry, and Millard J.
Holbrook. Indian Silver Jewelry of
the Southwest, 1868-1930. Boston:
New York Graphic Society, 1978. E 99
.N3 F82. $
Kachinas
Bunzel, Ruth Leah. Zuni Katcinas: An Analytical Study. Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, 1973. E 99 .Z9 B86 1973.
Colton, Harold Sellers. Hopi Kachina Dolls; with a Key to Their
Identification. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1949. E 99 .H7 C6.
Fewkes, Jesse Walter. Hopi Katcinas, Drawn by Native Artists. Glorieta, NM: Rio Grande Press, 1962. E 99 .H7 F327 1962.
Washburn, Dorothy K.,
editor. Hopi Kachina: Spirit of
Life: Dedicated to the Hopi Tricentennial, 1680-1980. San Francisco: California Academy of
Sciences; Seattle: Distributed by University of Washington Press, 1980. E 99 .H7 H68. $
Painting, Drawing
Berlo, Janet Catherine,
editor. Plains Indian Drawings,
1865-1935: Pages from a Visual History. New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with the American
Federation of Arts and the Drawing Center, 1996. E 78 .G73 P525 1996.
Broder, Patricia Janis. American Indian Painting & Sculpture. New York: Abbeville Press, 1981. N 6538 .A4 B7.
Dunn, Dorothy. American Indian Painting of the Southwest
and Plains Areas. Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico, 1968. E 98
.A7 D8.
Highwater, Jamake. Song from the Earth: American Indian
Painting. Boston: New York Graphic
Society, 1976. ND 238 .A4 H53. $
Hotz, Gottfried. Indian Skin Paintings from the American
Southwest: Two Representations of
Border Conflicts between Mexico and the Missouri in the Early Eighteenth
Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970. E 98 .A7 H7213. #
Parezo, Nancy J. Navajo Sandpainting: From Religious Act
to Commercial Art. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1983. E 99
.N3 P35 1983. #
Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts. Images of a Vanished
Life: Plains Indian Drawings from the Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts. Philadelphia: The
Academy, 1985. E 78 .G73 P38 1985.
Petersen, Karen
Daniels. Plains Indian Art from Fort
Marion. Norman: University of
Oklahoma Press, 1971. E 78 .G73 P4. #
Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Painting. Tucson: University of Arizona Press,
1957. 970.6 T157s, and E 98 .A7
T3.
Tanner, Clara Lee. Southwest Indian Painting: A Changing Art. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1973.
E 78 .S7 T32 1973. #
Wyman, Leland Clifton. Southwest Indian Drypainting. Santa Fe, NM: School of American Research; Albuquerque: University of New
Mexico Press, 1983. E 78 .S7 W95 1983. #
Pottery
Chapman, Kenneth M. The Pottery of San Ildefonso Pueblo. Albuquerque: School of American Research,
University of New Mexico Press, 1970.
GN 43.2 .N6 no. 28.
Frank, Larry, and Harlow,
Francis Harvey. Historic Pottery of
the Pueblo Indians, 1600-1880. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. E 99 .P9 F69.
Guthe, Carl Eugen. Pueblo Pottery Making:A Study at the
Village of San Ildefonso. New Haven: Published for the Department of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., by Yale University Press,
1925. 970.6 G98p.
Harlow, Francis Harvey. Modern Pueblo Pottery, 1880-1960. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1977. E 99 .P9 H28.
Marriott, Alice Lee. Maria, the Potter of San Ildefonso. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1950,
c1948. E 98 .P8 M28 1950. #
Periodicals and Article Indexes
American Indian Art
Magazine. Scottsdale, Ariz.: American Indian Art,
Inc., 1977 - . E 98 .A7 A43, v. 1 -
. *
America: History and Life. (1964 - ) A bibliographic
reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the
present. Available to OU students,
faculty, and staff via LORA (Library Online Resource Access) at http://libraries.ou.edu/eresources/LORA/ .
Art Index. An online bibliographic
database index to articles in over 300 art-related periodicals published
throughout the world from 1984 to the present. Available to OU students,
faculty, and staff via LORA (Library Online Resource Access) at http://libraries.ou.edu/eresources/LORA/ .
Historical Abstracts. (1954 - ) A reference guide
to the history of the world from 1450 to the present, excluding the United
States and Canada. Available to OU students, faculty, and staff via LORA (Library Online Resource Access) at http://libraries.ou.edu/eresources/LORA/ .
Web Resources
National
Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Features images and
text concerning NMAI exhibits of Native American art.
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmai/start.htm http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/timeline/01pots.htm National
Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Images of pottery. http://www.nativearts.org/links.html National
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Images of pre-contact masks
created by arctic inhabitants. http://www.heard.org/education/resource/index.html The
Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. Education section provides brief, basic
information about the history of Native American arts. http://www.joslyn.org/permcol/native/natthm.htm Joslyn
Art Museum. Selected samples of Native
American arts in the Joslyn’s permanent collection, including text and images. http://www.nhptv.org/kn/vs/artlab8l.sht New
Hampshire Public Television Knowledge Network. Features links to information on
Hopi kachinas, pueblo pottery, Mayan art and more. http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources WWWVirtual
Library. American Indians: Index of
Native American Resources on the Internet.
This directory includes a link to “Art Related Sites”, a guide to online
exhibits featuring basketry, Inuit art, kachinas, and other topics. A
privately created page of “Native American Indian Resources” which features an
“Art Menu” offering information on beadwork, basketry, pottery, textiles, and
contemporary art. Back to Western History Collections
Library To Pre-Contact Native American Art Bibliography
The Smithsonian Institution's list of web resources on Native American art and history.
Native American Art Studies Association. Gives a list of links to Native American art museums and related websites.