Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 New York Contemporary Native Art Movement: Definitions and Themes -- Place -- Themes: Diversity and Context -- Artists -- Institutions -- History -- ch. 2 Interpretation of Native Art in Abstract Expressionist New York -- Postcolonial Transformations -- Ethos of Cultural Primitivism -- New York Artistic Movements: 1930s--1980s -- Selected Mentors / Hans Hofmann -- Indian Space Painters -- Surrealists, The Navajos, and Jackson Pollock -- Gottlieb, Rothko, and Newman -- Other Notable Abstract Expressionists / Theodoros Stamos -- Native Influences Beyond Abstract Expressionism -- Critical Misunderstanding -- Case Study: MoMA and Native Art -- Restoring Native Artists to Mid-Century Art -- ch. 3 Foundations of the Movement: Native Visual Artists and Artist-Curators -- Native Artists of Abstract Expressionist New York / Leon Polk Smith -- Remembering Leon Polk Smith: Interview with Dore Ashton -- Founding Native Artist-Curator / Lloyd R. Oxendine -- AMERINDA Roundtable: The Beginnings of the Movement -- Founding Native Artist-Curator / G. Peter Jemison -- Founding Native Artist-Curator: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith -- AMERINDA Roundtable: Jaune as Artist and Curator -- AMERINDA Roundtable: Community and Support in the 1970s -- AMERINDA Roundtable: Internal Challenges to Community Building -- ch. 4 AICH and Intergenerational Community Building -- 1969: The American Indian Community House (AICH) -- 1978--1985 / G. Peter Jemison -- 1985--1993 / Lloyd R. Oxendine -- 1993--1999 / Joanna Osburn-Bigfeather -- 2000--2005 / Kathleen Ash-Milby -- 2005--2007 / Sarah Sense -- ch. 5 New York Contemporary Native Art Movement: Native Visual Artists -- Aesthetic Sovereignty -- AMERINDA Roundtable: Critical Recognition -- AMERINDA Roundtable: Identifying as a Native Artist -- Visual Artists Biographies / Alfred Young Man -- ch. 6 New York Contemporary Native Art Movement: Native Performing Artists, Writers, and Filmmakers -- Mutual Inspiration: Native Visual and Performance Art -- Hanay Geiogamah and the Native American Theatre Ensemble -- Muriel Miguel and the Spiderwoman Theater -- Diane Fraher and AMERINDA -- Performing Artists, Writers, and Filmmakers Biographies / William S. Yellow Robe Jr. -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- A. Early Movement Archival Material -- B. Summary of Native American Art Movements -- C. Native Arts Chronology -- D. Brief History of Postwar Urban Indian Resettlement in New York.