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american southwest cultures

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Pueblo cultures
Navajo/dine

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pueblo cultures

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Hopi
Zuni
Rio Grande

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northwest coast cultures

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Salish
Tlingit
Kwakiutl
Haida

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eastern woodlands cultures

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Iroquois
Eastern Sioux
Delaware

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great plains cultures

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Crow
Mandan
Blackfoot

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California cultures

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Pomo

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Maria Montoya Martinez

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  • pueblo woman made known for her pottery skills
  • specifically black-on-black pottery
  • she made the vessels and polished them with river cobble
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Kachina

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invisible spirits meant to assist people; not only spirits of people but also of mountains, clouds, etc; American southwest

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Tihu/Tithu

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traditional Kachina figure
made by the pueblo people

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dancer figure

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Kachina figures made for collectors

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spirit figure

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traditional Kachina figure
made by the pueblo people for tourists
can be made in any material; sometimes in ceramic

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sandpainting

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  • also called dry painting
  • painting with brightly colored sands and pigmented materials such as pollen
  • no binder used
  • made during healing ceremonies
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dau

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intentional flaw placed in a woven pattern by creating a small change in the stitching; symbolizes humility

also called the spirit line because it allowed trapped spirits to escape

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singer

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artists responsible for making sandpaintings during a healing ceremony

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ovoids

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a cross between oval and rectangle; looks like a bent rectangle with rounded corners

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formlines

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lines that swell, then thin out (look like calligraphy)

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repeating motifs

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seeing the same images over and over again, usually an image in another image

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potlatch

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an opulent ceremonial feast at which possessions are given away or destroyed to display wealth or enhance prestige; functioned to redistribute wealth in what some refer to as a gift-giving ceremony

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totem

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symbolic of family line; shown lineage and heritage

One animal: shows dominate clan
Multiple animals: top animal is main family line, other animals are other important families that joined
Used for ritual doorways or free standing

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Chilkat blanket

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  • high-status robe/cape made from a mix of cedar bark and mountain goat wool - originally made by the Chilkat people and later adopted by other cultures
  • males carved/paints the designs on wood then the female weaver would twine/weave the capes together
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totem transformation mask

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larges mechanical mask

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quillwork

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form of textile embellishment traditionally practiced that employs the quills of porcupines or bird feathers as an aesthetic element

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beadwork

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characterized by curvilinear designs and the strategic use of negative space

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Society of Faces

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society of psychological and spiritual healers in the eastern woodlands region

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false face mask
masks made from carves wood, metal eyes, and decorated with hair made by the society of faces; inspired by visions of spirits and has become more homogenized over time
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narrative painting
form of painting that is meant to tell a story; usually painted by men because they depict battle scenes or hunting expeditions
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visionary painting
art thats purpose is to transcend the physical world and portray a wider vision of awareness including spiritual themes or is based on such experiences; men and women painted
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vision quest
- a ritual activity where people are trying to have visions - in great plains cultures there was done by self-inflicted physical deprivation (exhaustion, starvation, isolation, etc) - required by all people to pass into adulthood
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sod lodges
wooden framed structures that have chunks/blocks of sod built up over the framed structure; allow the sod to grow to allow new grasses to anchor the building
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jewel basket
baskets woven by the Pomo cultures
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cultural genocide
an attempt by the Spanish to get rid of the Native American groups
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pictorial narrative
a continuous scene that tells a story/is used for storytelling
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Hopi culture
means peaceful believes to be peaceful, but not pacifist decedents of the Anasazi oppressed by Spanish moved to the tops of the mesas
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Acoma Sky City
Acoma pueblos are located on mesa tops; easier to defend the city from above
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Kachina symbolism
- date back to pictographs and petroglyphs - images are not meant to be creative but get the correct form
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Julian Martinez
husband of Maria Montoya Martinez; painted pottery using a negative technique; designs based on ancient pottery
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Fannie Nampeyo
Hopi pottery; specialized in black on black pottery
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Zuni cultures
known for stone mosaic jewelry
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Pomo baskets
- extremely tightly woven; some can hold water - feathered "jewel" baskets and miniature baskets
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northwest coast people
painted boxes totems Chilkat clan hosues mechanical masks
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clan houses
communal places for families and clan to meet; features totem designs painted on the walls
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Klart- Reech House
clan house in the Tlingit culture (19th century)
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mechanical masks
Wooden theatrical masks used for plays; also served an educational purpose
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post contact eastern woodlands
- lived in wooden houses - agricultural communities - well known for quillwork and beaded textiles
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Iroquois Peoples
confederacy of five people: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Mohawk
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metal eyes (false face masks)
reflectiveness shows the power of spiritual vision
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the great doctor
cultural hero and most powerful false face mask; gives healing powers to the carvers of his image
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the great doctor: story
- found he had healing talent at a young age - began to grow full of himself and his abilities - challenged the great creator (move mountains) - doctor moves mountains and goes to gloat - when he turns the creator moves mountains back - doctor smashes his face which is why it is crooked
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expressive distortion
change of a reality's depiction, altering it in a way that one is able to still recognize the item itself (great doctor)
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Mandan Culture
one of the few semi-sedentary Great Plains cultures; farmers
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great plains cultures
only native American cultures to live in tipis
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tipi
poles laid out on a system of triangles and covered with a large, thick piece of leather
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sundance
gathering of native peoples of the great plains who are on a vision quest
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medicine bundles
- attached to visionary painting shield to help animal spirits (crystals, tobacco, hair) - bird feathers given for awards and achievements - heightens animal's protective powers
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medicine
any type of powerful substances

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