JULY 10TH - JULY 16TH , 2019 THE ULTIMATE QUEER GUIDE THIS WEEK

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THE ARTS OF NATIVE AMERICANS
PART I
Archaeological historians have
concluded that the ancestors of
Native Americans were on the
American continent at least 15
thousand years before the arrival
of the Europeans in the 1400's.
The ancestral Native Americans
are believed to have come form
Asia probably through a landmass
that existed at one time as part of
the Bering Straight. These early
people were very industrious and
adaptively creative in providing
shelter, food, weaponry, ceremonial
costumes and application of
the resources available in the
environment where they lived.
The art of the Native American
covers a broad category of
decorative designs and utilitarian
devises that were used for a variety
of daily activities. The artifacts
that have been found dating
back to prehistoric times shows
that ancient people had aesthetic
ability. Examples of this are found
in stone carving and pottery.
Instruments such as arrow heads
carved from stone demonstrated an
understanding of how an arrow or
spear would be used as a hunting
tool based on the sharpened points
and sides of the head. There were
differences in the regional designs
throughout the continent and there
were also similarities showing
that art designs were borrowed
from various areas and brought
to others. Materials used to make
art were also traded and moved
thousands of miles. Shells, jade,
feathers and turquoise were some
of the materials that showed up
in regions where they were not
normally found.
There were similarities found
in regions but the art of Native
Americans is as diverse as the
number of tribes and languages
found in the culture of Native
Americans. The regions of
North American tribes included,
Southwest; Midwest and Great
Plains; Far West, Northeast,
Central South and Southwest.
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