Navajo Silversmith Fred Peshlakai
Navajo Silversmith Fred Peshlakai

Author: Steven Curtis

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764347450

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"The book reviews the nineteenth-century evolution of the art form, shining a particular light on certain ambiguities regarding important interrelationships among its most famous figures. Fred Peslakai hailed from one of the most recognized artistic bloodlines of his noble people. This book is the beginning catalogue of his beautiful silver artwork, providing hundreds of images as well as discussions of each piece's technical and artistic merits. No longer mythical, Fred Peshlakai is shown to be one of the most, if not the most, influential Navajo artisan to impact the creation of Navajo silver art, and his work is recognized as the world-class art treasures they truly are" -- Dust jacket.

The Navajo And Pueblo Silversmiths
The Navajo And Pueblo Silversmiths

Author: John Adair

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1786256703

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Probably no native American handicrafts are more widely admired than Navajo weaving and Navajo and Pueblo silver work. This book contains the first full and authoritative account of the Indian silver jewelry fashioned in the Southwest by the Navajo and the Zuni, Hopi, and other Pueblo peoples. It is written by John Adair, a trained ethnologist who has become a recognized expert on this craft. “A volume conspicuously pleasing in its format and so strikingly handsome in its profuse illustrations as to rivet your attention once it chances to fall open. With the care of a meticulous and thorough scholar, the author has told the story of his several years’ investigation of jewelry making among the Southwestern Indians. So richly decorative are the plates he uses for his numerous illustrations showing the jewelry itself, the Indians working at it and the Indians wearing it—that the conscientious narrative is surrounded by an atmosphere of genuinely exciting visual experience.”—The Dallas Times Herald The Navajo and Pueblo Silversmiths provides a full history of the craft and the actual names and localities of the pioneer craftsmen who introduced the art of the silversmith to their people. Despite its present high stage of development, with its many subtle and often exquisite designs, the art of working silver is not an ancient one among the Navajo and Pueblo Indians. There are men still living today who remember the very first silversmiths.

Hopi Silver
Hopi Silver

Author: Margaret Nickelson Wright

Publisher: Northland Publishing

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780873580977

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The history and hallmarks of Hopi silversmithing.

Hallmarks of the Southwest
Hallmarks of the Southwest

Author: Barton Wright

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13:

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The author has matched maker's marks used on jewelry, pots, fetish carvings, rugs, and baskets with their names, tribes, relatives, and style notes.

Reassessing Hallmarks of Native Southwest Jewelry
Reassessing Hallmarks of Native Southwest Jewelry

Author: Pat Messier

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764346705

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The intensive research undertaken for this valuable book properly identifies forty-five Native American silversmiths and their hallmarks found on Southwest jewelry. Most of the marks date prior to the 1970s and some as early as the 1920s, along with the marks of traders, guilds, and the government. This fascinating read also provides the stories of the artists and institutions represented by these marks. Over 275 color and black-and-white images illustrate the marks in situ on the jewelry, along with images of artists, trading posts, and guild ads. The text explains why and when these marks were used. Among the important Navajo, Hopi, and Pueblo silversmiths whose lives and artworks are explored are Grant Jenkins, Fred Peshlakai, Juan De Dios, Da-Pah, Awa Tsireh, and others. The majority of the talented Indian silversmiths represented here left their homes on the reservation in the early twentieth century to work in cities and tourist venues. The profiles presented also feature a handful of contemporary artists who are recognized as master silversmiths.

Anthropology Goes to the Fair
Anthropology Goes to the Fair

Author: Nancy J. Parezo

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0803213948

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As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives".

Loloma
Loloma

Author: Martha Hopkins Streuver

Publisher: Wheelwright Museum of American Indian

Published: 2005-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780997310948

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Charles Loloma (Hopi, 1921-1991) was arguably the most influential Native American artist of the twentieth century. An artist of astonishing creative energy, he found fame as a jeweler, ceramist, painter, and poet. This book includes substantial information about Loloma never before published, as well as illustrations of the most comprehensive grouping of his work ever assembled, comprising jewelry, ceramics, and other items made between 1939 and 1989.

Redskins
Redskins

Author: C. Richard King

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2016-03

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 080328845X

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The Washington Redskins franchise remains one of the most valuable in professional sports, in part because of its easily recognizable, popular, and profitable brand. And yet “redskins” is a derogatory name for American Indians. The number of grassroots campaigns to change the name has risen in recent years despite the current team owner’s assertion that the team will never do so. Franchise owners counter criticism by arguing that the team name is positive and a term of respect and honor that many American Indians embrace. The NFL, for its part, actively defends the name and supports it in court. Prominent journalists, politicians, and former players have publicly spoken out against the use of “Redskins” as the name of the team. Sportscaster Bob Costas denounced the name as a racial slur during a halftime show in 2013. U.S. Representative Betty McCollum marched outside the stadium with other protesters––among them former Minnesota Vikings player Joey Browner––urging that the name be changed. Redskins: Insult and Brand examines how the ongoing struggle over the team name raises important questions about how white Americans perceive American Indians, about the cultural power of consumer brands, and about continuing obstacles to inclusion and equality. C. Richard King examines the history of the team’s name, the evolution of the term “redskin,” and the various ways in which people both support and oppose its use today. King’s hard-hitting approach to the team’s logo and mascot exposes the disturbing history of a moniker’s association with the NFL—a multibillion-dollar entity that accepts public funds—as well as popular attitudes toward Native Americans today.