Art and Eskimo Power


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At Howard Rock's birth, a shaman predicted that he would become a great man. Born in 1911 in a sod igloo in Point Hope, an ancient Eskimo village, Howard became an accomplished artist and crusading newspaper editor who helped to defend his people from a controversial Atomic Energy Commission proposal to excavate a harbor near his native village with an atomic blast. Art and Eskimo Power chronicles the life of this influential and artist, editor, and founder of the Tundra Times--under whose leadership the newspaper helped to organize Alaska's native people to press their aboriginal land claims before Congress, which ultimately led to their being awarded over $1 billion and 40 million acres.










Eskimo Drawings


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Originally published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition organized by the Anchorage Museum of History and Art and co-curated by Suzi Jones and Walter Van Horn, Eskimo Drawings marks the first time that Alaska Eskimo artwork has been the exclusive subject of a major exhibition and publication. Accompanied by full-color illustrations, as well as black-and-white photographic reproductions, Eskimo Drawings features only a few works that have ever been exhibited previously while showcasing the work of previously undiscovered Eskimo artists. Covering topics as diverse as artistic considerations in the Eskimo graphic arts and an analysis of the work of Happy Jack and Guy Kakarook, this remarkable volume includes contributions by Susan W. Fair, Russell Hartman, Herbert O. Anungazuk, Steve Henrikson, Molly Lee, Mary Jane Anuqsraaq Melovidov, Patrick Minock, David Mollett, Dorothy Jean Ray, Susie Silook, Birgitte Sonne, and David P. Sweeney. Not to be missed by any art historian with an interest in Alaska Eskimo and Alaska Native art, this fascinating and fully illustrated collection is an unsurpassed survey of the field.




The Graphic Art of the Eskimos


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Alaskan Eskimo Life in the 1890s as Sketched by Native Artists


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Drawings and paintings discovered at the Smithsonian, depicting all phases of Alaskan Eskimo life.




Eskimo Art


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Well illustrated account of Alaskan Eskimo art and it's transition as a result of contact with outside cultures.




Survival


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Describes the people and how the environment shaped their life and beliefs.




Artists of the Tundra and the Sea


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Results of author's field work among Alaskan Eskimo ivory carvers; archaeological and historical art styles described and analyzed.




The Art of the Eskimo


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Examples of Eskimo art that spans more than a thousand years, with explanations of the use and meaning within the culture.