Native American Art (The Inside Guide: Celebrating Native American Cultures)

Native American art encompasses a multitude of handicrafts, including rugs, baskets, pottery, and wood carvings. Creativity had no limits. Fortunately, many artifacts and remnants still exist that showcase the boundless ingenuity of past as well as modern-day Native American artists, many of whom continue the time-honored traditions of their people. This valuable volume, a support to cultural studies, highlights stunning artwork of various native peoples, accompanied by fascinating facts about the process of creating each impressive piece. Sidebars, fact boxes, a graphic organizer, and concluding questions complement the insightful, sensitive, and well-researched text.