This course offers an introduction to the arts and cultures of Indigenous peoples of North, South and Central America ("Turtle Island"). It will survey First Nations, Metis, and Inuit artworks, with an emphasis on contemporary art from 1980 to the present day. It will take into account recent scholarship on the history of colonization, land claims, sovereignty and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
This course offers an introduction to the arts and cultures of Indigenous peoples of North, South and Central America ("Turtle Island"). It will survey First Nations, Metis, and Inuit artworks, with an emphasis on contemporary art from 1980 to the present day. It will take into account recent scholarship on the history of colonization, land claims, sovereignty and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
