Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar Howe

Dakota Modern: The Art of Oscar HoweOscar Howe (1915 1983) committed his artistic career to the preservation, relevance, and ongoing expression of his Dakota culture. He proved that art could be simultaneously modern and embedded in customary Ohthi Sakwi (Sioux) culture and aesthetics to him there was no contradiction. Howe challenged the art establishment's preconceptions and definitions of Native American painting. In doing so, he catalyzed a movement among Native artists to express

and events that have mattered in Indigenous history from a vastly under-represented perspective—an Indigenous viewpoint

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