Importance of Modern Indigenous Art in Museums

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Abstract/Contents

Abstract: Today, museum owners, curators, and donors continue to recreate history through a Western lens by showcasing Indigenous art as artifact and by not including modern and contemporary pieces by Native artists. Contemporary Native art is particularly important to showcase in learning institutions such as museums because they underscore that Native individuals continue to exist, are important, and are multifaceted. This is beneficial for both Native and non-Native individuals, for the inclusion of modern art challenges dated ideas of Indigenous identity, expanding Native possibility and confronting non-Natives understanding of Indigeneity.

Author	Parker, Tala

Subject	Indians
Subject	Indians of North America
Subject	Art museums
Subject	Art
Subject	Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Genre	Text
Genre	Thesis

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/vw510sx0065
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vw510sx0065

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Preferred citation: Parker, T. (2022). Importance of Modern Indigenous Art in Museums. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/vw510sx0065

Stanford University, Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Senior Papers

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