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In our hands : native photography, 1890 to now / edited by Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Jaida Grey Eagle, Casey Riley.

Ahlberg Yohe, Jill, (curator,, editor,, writer of added text.). Grey Eagle, Jaida, (curator,, editor,, writer of added text.). Riley, Casey (Curator), (curator,, editor,, writer of added text,, interviewer.). Luber, Katherine Crawford, 1961- (writer of foreword.). Minneapolis Institute of Art, (issuing body,, host institution,, publisher.).

Summary:

This exhibition and catalog includes works by First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Native American photographers accompanied by research that analyzes their methodologies, principles, and impact upon the medium. With incisive contributions by individual curatorial council members, this volume presents Native photography in three thematic sections that underscore the following: Native people are present in all facets of American life; their role is transformative in the larger society; and their view of, and connections to, the land and all living things is holistic and fundamental. The publication features 130 photographic works by Native photographers from the late nineteenth century to the present, ranging from documentary photographs to family snapshots to conceptual works. Illustrated in full color, the photographs in this book offer diverse perspectives spanning geographic, chronological, and artistic experience, and shed new light on the extraordinary contributions of Native, First Nations, Metis, and Inuit artists to the art of the Americas. --Adapted from publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 0300272162
ISBN: 9780300272161
Physical Description: 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 31 cm.
Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Minneapolis Institute of Art, [2023]
Distributor: New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by and held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, October 22, 2023-January 14, 2024. Exhibition curators, Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Jaida Grey Eagle, Casey Riley; image acquisitions and permissions by Joseph Doherty and Emily Rosenberg. Artists included: Brian Adams, Dugan Aguilar, Tomás Karmelo Amaya, Arthur Amiotte (Wanblí Ta Hócoka Washté, or, Good Eagle Center), Joi T. Arcand, Tyana Arviso, Carl Beam (Carl Edward Migwans), Rapheal Begay, Frank Big Bear, James Patrick Brady, Tenille Campbell, Dorothy Chocolate Carseen, Dana Claxton, Jennie Ross Cobb, Dayna Danger, Russel Albert Daniels, Ungelbah Davila, Jeremy Dennis, Lewis deSoto, Mercedes Dorame, Rosalie Favell, Thomas Fields, Donna Garcia, Kalen Goodluck, Shan Goshorn, B.A. (Benjamin Alfred) Haldane, Faye HeavyShield, Tailyr Irvine, Zig Jackson (Rising Buffalo), George Johnston, Tom Jones, Pat Kane, Robert Kautuk, Leah Rose Kolakowski, Nadya Kwandibens, Eve-Lauryn Little Shell LaFountain, Shelby Lisk, Erica Lord, James Luna, Dakota Mace, Lee Marmon, Murray McKenzie, Parker McKenzie, Kimowan Metchewais McLain, Meryl McMaster, Larry McNeil, Ossie Michelin, Jenny Irene Miller, Michael Namingha, Virgil Ortiz, Henry Payer, Aggeok Pitseolak, Peter Pitseolak, Horace Poolaw, Barry Pottle, Ryan RedCorn, Wendy Red Star, Jolene Rickard, Cara Romero, Alejandra Rubio, Camille Seaman, Sarah Sense, Louis V. Shotridge (Stoowukháa (Astute Man)), Bently Spang, Kali Spitzer, Greg Staats, Katherine Takpannie, Jeffrey M. Thomas, Richard Throssel, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, Zoë Marieh Urness, Lehuanani C. Waipa Ah Nee, Matika Wilbur, Will Wilson, Ryan Young.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-290) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Director's foreword / Katherine Crawford Luber, PhD -- Introduction and acknowledgements / Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Jaida Grey Eagle, Casey Riley -- Curatorial Council member biographies -- Part one Always present. To the future / Jaida Grey Eagle -- Rematriating photography / Veronica Passalacqua -- B.A. Haldane: inspiring resurgence through images of resistance / Mique'l lcesis Dangeli -- From weapon to gift: my journey as an Indigenous photographer / Cara Romero -- Part two. Always leaders. A Poolaw photo, pictures by an Indian / Tom Jones -- An enduring passion / Rosalie Favell -- Rosalie Favell's photographic revisitations: Indigenous family archives & historical memory / Emily Voelker -- Another way: vernacular / Laura Wexler -- Part three. A world of relations. Researching the legacy of the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers' Association (NIIPA): an interview with Rhéanne Chartrand and Casey Riley -- On ten years of the Critical Indigenous Photograph Exchange [CIPX] / Will Wilson -- "We make that connection": eight Diné (Navajo) photographers / Jill Ahlberg Yohe -- "Indigenous storywork" and Native American photography / Amy Lonetree -- The last one hundred years / Shelley Niro -- Artist biographies / Heather Everhart, Juan Lucero.