Description
This colorful coffee table pictorial serves as the grand accompaniment to the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. In addition to more than 300 color illustrations of artworks, Native Universe contains extensive essays on Native mythology, history, culture, and identity. The book also includes poems by N. Scott Momaday, Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, and others.
“This Magnificent celebration of Native American cultures and Civilizations combines a wide-ranging and engrossing text by many of our foremost Indian scholars, writers, and leaders with a spectacular collection of illustrations showcasing the art and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic to Patagonia, and from ancient times to the twenty-first century.” taken from the book cover.
