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Native America

by Greig, Charlotte
Series: Cultures and costumes Published by : Mason Crest Publishers, (Broomall, PA :) Physical details: 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm. ISBN:1590844351.
Subject(s): Indians of North America -- Clothing | Indians -- Clothing | Indians of North America -- Social life and customs | Indians -- Social life and customs | Indians of South America -- Clothing. | Indians of Central America -- Clothing. | Indians of South America -- Social life and customs. | Indians of Central America -- Social life and customs. | Costume. | Native American costume | Native Americans -- Social life and customs
Year: 2003
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j389.152 Bra Think metric j391 Cas Costume and fashion in color j391 Mee 1900-20 j391.008997 Gre Native America j391.008997 Wil What the Native Americans wore j391.009042 Bla 20s & 30s j391.009044 Rey The 40s & 50s

Introduction -- Arctic peoples: the Inuit and the Aleut -- Sioux, the Ute, and the Iowa -- Fox, the Sauk, and the Hupa -- Mexican Americans: Spanish and Creole influences -- Other Latin American tribes.

Discusses the history of various costumes worn by Native Americans.

Cultures of Native America -- Spiritual approach, the artworks, and the costumes -- share some common themes: respect for nature and the environment, tribal pride, and a sense of responsibility for one's place in the world. Nowhere are these themes more apparent than in the dress and body adornment of Native American peoples. Since the 1950s, there have been many familiar images of Native Americans from western films and novels. For example, the Apache Indian brave with his dramatic warpaint, feathered headdress, and tomahawk. Native America looks at these images with a fresh eye, and provides new ones, to give a full picture of Native American costume in all its beauty and variety, including: The making and wearing of the Inuit parka. Sea lion helmets of the Alaskan Aleut. Gold and feathered clothing of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca peoples. The meaning of the bear claw necklace.