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This impressive volume serves as the catalogue for an important exhibit of Plains Indian art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, co-curated by Maurer. The full panoply of arts, from watercolors to crafts--including moccasins, carved pipes, shields and beadwork--is represented, showing the development in style and materials from A.D. 1200 to the 20th century. Among the more notable pieces are ledger-book drawings, which include depictions of scenes from Native life done in colored pencil on paper by Natives held prisoner by the U.S. government, and works by famous Native heroes, such as Sitting Bull's drawings of himself in battle. The book also includes a number of excellent essays about the evolution of Plains culture and art by scholars in the field. Standouts among these are George P. Horse Capture's essay on the war bonnet, which becomes an opportunity for autobiographical meditations on the search for identity through Native art, and Peter J. Powell's examination of a Lakota painting depicting that tribe's final summer of freedom. This volume will be valued by scholar and thoughtful layperson alike. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Usually, we buy an art book for its pictures. In this case, buy it for the text. Okay, the reproductions are marvelous; but the clear, elegant essays and captions are the meat of this book, providing excellent, much-needed detail on the arts of the Great Plains Indians. For each of the hundreds of objects depicted, the accompanying text is truly illuminating. Using scores of published sources, it explains each symbolic detail of beaded robes, warbonnets, drums, etc. While the eye may feast on a gorgeous Ghost Dance dress, the text guides it truly over the circles and crosses of the bodice (which define the hope that a new age will dawn) and the dangling eagle feathers (with which to fly to the other world). An excellent general work for any Indian studies collection. (Reviewed Feb 15, 1993)0295972297Pat Monaghan