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Sharing a Heritage: American Indian Arts 

Edited by Charlotte Heth, assisted by Michael Swarm, 1991. 
  
Sharing a Heritage offers differing viewpoints about Indian arts, songs, and literature in the context of cultural evolution, preservation, and revival.

214 pp.
 
$12.00 paper; ISBN 978-0-935626-00-X

 

Table of Contents



I. INTRODUCTION


American Indian Challenge and Opportunity of a New Century
Dave Warren

 
II. EVOLUTION OF A CULTURE: MORE THAN BEADS AND SILVER

 
The Status of Contemporary Lakota Tribal Arts
Mark St. Pierre
 
The Tradition of Song Renewal among the Pueblo Indians, Part Two
Paul Humphreys
 

Major Influences in the Development of 20th Century Native American Art
Charles Dailey
 
The American Indian Courting Flute: Revitalization and Change
Edward Wapp Jr.
 
The Native American and Contemporary Art: A Dilemma
Fritz Scholder

 
III. 100 YEARS OF INDIAN ART: DILEMMAS IN VALUE CHANGE

 
The Discovery of Indian Art: Awareness or Choices?
Thomas Holm
 
Modernization and the Native American Middle Class, 1945–1970
Donald L. Fixico
 
Update on Indian Music: Contemporary Trends
Charlotte Heth

 
IV. THE ARTISTS AND SINGERS: THEIR ARTS, CRAFTS, AND SONGS
 

Paul Apodaca (Navajo/Mexican)
 
George Blake (Hupa)
 
Chris Chavez (Santo Domingo Pueblo)
 
Hubert Homanie (Hopi)
 
Julia Parker (Pomo)
 
Georgeann Robinson (Osage)
 
Katherine Siva-Sauvel, Albino Siva, and Robert Levi (Cahuilla)
 
Alberta Reed-Sylvia (Yurok)
 
Joallyn Archambault (Dakota)

 
V. CULTURAL PRESERVATION

Preserving Traditional Arts in Times of Scarcity
Susan Dyal

Sensitivity vs. Objectivity: An Indian Researcher's Dilemma
David E. Draper


VI. THE ETHICS OF DOCUMENTING, PRESERVING AND SHARING INDIAN CULTURE

Who Should Have Access to Indian Music in Archives?
Thomas Vennum, Jr.

The Impact of a Museum on the Native Community
Richard Hill

The Ethics of Portraying Navajo Religious Themes in Sandpainting as Art
Glory Tacheenie-Campoy

Permanent Sandpainting as an Art Form
Paul Apodaca

Tribal Music and Cultural Revival
Richard Keeling


VII. AMERICAN INDIAN LITERATURE: A RENAISSANCE?

American Indian Literature
N. Scott Momaday

Surrealism and Primalism: A Comparative Analysis And Extrapolation of the Psycho-Esthetics
William Oandasan

Contemporary American Indian Writers Workshop
N. Scott Momaday, Wendy Rose, Paula Gunn Allen, Kenneth Lincoln