Reservation X

by McMaster, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780295977751
• ISBN10: 0295977752
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

What is this place that Americans call the reservation, Canadians call the reserve, and many call "the rez"? For most contemporary Native people, this negotiated space is, was, or will be home.Reservation Xshowcases installations created by seven of North America's foremost Native artists--Mary Longman, of Gordon Indian Reserve, Saskatchewan; Nora Naranjo-Morse, of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico; Marianne Nicolson, of Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia; Shelley Niro, of Six Nations Reserve, Ontario; Jolene Rickard, of the Tuscarora Nation, New York; Mateo Romero, of Cochitl Pueblo, New Mexico; and C. Maxx Stevens, of the Seminole Nations, Oklahoma. Essays and modern and archival photographs set the installations into a rich variety of personal and political contexts.Gerald McMaster, Nancy Marie Mithlo, Paul Chaat Smith, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault contribute essays on community and identity that range from art theory to pop culture, from historical analysis to anecdote; they also contribute profiles of the artists. Harry Foster provides photographs of the artists' installations, and the artists themselves comment on their lives, their art, and their communities.

Table of Contents

Art and Community	p. 9
The Centrality of Place	p. 11
Community as Context	p. 13
Acknowledgments	p. 15
The Essays
Living on Reservation X	p. 19
The Meaning of Life	p. 31
Let X = Audience	p. 41
Lost O'Keeffes/Modern Primitives: The Culture of Native American Art	p. 53
Mary Longman: strata and routes
There Is No Fixed Address for Reservation X	p. 67
Nora Naranjo-Morse: gia's song
On an Ordinary Day	p. 81
Marianne Nicolson: House of origin
Maintaining Identity in the Modern World	p. 95
Shelley Niro: Honey moccasin
Home Alone	p. 109
Jolene Rickard: Corn blue room
Unplugging the Hologram	p. 123
Mateo Romero: Painted caves
Conspiracy Theory	p. 135
C. Maxx Stevens: If these walls could talk
Environments That Tell Stories	p. 149
Selected References	p. 159
Contributors	p. 161
Index to illustrations	p. 163
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