Native North American

Native North American

Native North American Art?

How North American Native Art reinforce / social policy challenge the dominant values of the time? THANKSXOXOXO

You might consider the challenge that the Haisla totem of British Columbia is presented to a Swedish community. Here an article entitled: Haisla totem begins journey back from Stockholm http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2006/03/14/totem-haisla-return.html This pole burial place special significance to the Haisla local population of British Columbia, as represented by the sighting of a supernatural being who was represented at the top of the post. Since it was a mortuary pole appeared to be abandoned by a delegation from Sweden who was given permission to take the club back to Sweden in 1929 by a Department representative India's Home Affairs. The tradition of the local population requires that the pole should be in place until it rots and returns to the motherland. This was a subject sacred to them, and to commemorate his ancestor. There is a long history on this post and the political negotiation that took place between the Swedish and the Haisla. Both had different values even though polo honors both in different ways and for different reasons. The Haisla made a reply from pole to give the Swedish and took it to them. However, the original pole was not returned it states that the Swede had to prove there was a place where it is kept within a building. This was not in keeping with the traditions Haisla so there was no a conflict of values. The question of where the pole should lie became a contentious issue for more than a decade after the time of the Haisla people found that his property was in Sweden. Examine the different ways in which all the cultures involved responded to this question and finally came to a resolution could make a great essay. This story shows both reinforce Native Art and challenging social and political values of our time. Here is a link in a video history inside. http://www.turtleisland.org/culture/culture-haisla.htm Use Google to find more information about the process that spanned many years of distress to an indigenous community.

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