Tag Archives: Native Americans

1960’s: Totem

Posted on July 27, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chief Henry Speck: Totem: Eagle (1960’s) (source)

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300-600 AD: Double-Faced Head Fragment

Posted on July 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

This earthenware fragment dates from 300-600 AD and was produced by an artist of the Remojadas culture—which flourished on Mexico’s Veracruz Gulf Coast from about 100 BC to 800 AD and is considered to be part of the larger Classic … Continue reading →

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1990: Bókw

Posted on July 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rick Bartow (Mad River Wiyot): Bear Mask (1990) Photo taken at the National Museum of the American Indian The Wiyot word for “bear” is bókw. (source)

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1854: A Train of Terrible Miseries

Posted on July 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

It may appear to those whom I have the honor to address a singular taste for me, an Indian, to take an interest in the triumphal days of a people who occupy, by conquest or have usurped, the possessions of … Continue reading →

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1920’s: Portraits

Posted on June 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

          Winold Reiss: Turtle (1920) Japanese Student II (1925) Nenauaki , Queen Woman (1928) Harlem Girl I (1925)

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1918: Song of the Thunders

Posted on June 4, 2017 by corvusfugit

Song of the Thunders Sometimes I go about pitying myself while I am carried by the wind across the sky. —Chippewa (Ojibwe) song from The path on the rainbow, an anthology of songs and chants from the Indians of North … Continue reading →

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16th Century: Manhattan Before New York

Posted on May 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

By the time Europeans appeared on the scene, a mere five hundred years ago, what is now New York City had as many as fifteen thousand inhabitants—estimates vary widely—with perhaps another thirty to fifty thousand in the adjacent parts of … Continue reading →

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