Native american indians ias 108

• 1. Native American Indians: Visual Arts, Drama, Dance, and Music

2. Visual Arts: Pottery

• They first go and gather the clay.

• Then they mix the clay and water to start to form the shape of the pot.

• Once they have completed making the shape of the pot, they need to make the clay dry.

3. Visual Arts: Pottery contd

• They dry it using fire, but if they dry they leave it under the fire too long, they crack.

• They then need to paint it and decorate the pot once it the clay has dried.

4. The result 5. Drama: Storytelling

• Native Americans passed down their traditions and history through the way of storytelling.

• Elders of the village would tell the stories at night around the village fire. Many times they acted out what the story was about for the children.

• This was one of the many ways they also educated their children about their past.

6. Storytelling 7. Storytelling contd 8. Dance: The Sun Dance

• It used to be a dance for men only because it was kind of torturous.

• It was held during the summer solstice.

• It was a dance to celebrate new life and spiritual rebirth of the participants.

• During this 4-8 day dance ceremony, the dancers would fast and self inflict pain.

9. Sun Dance contd 10. Sun Dance contd

• When the America came to be, the government banned this dance.

• Some of the Native Americans continued to do it anyway but they called it the rain dance to disguise it.

• The governments laws have changed and they are allowed to continue the dance today.

11. Music: Native American Flutes

• These flutes are generally handcrafted.

• Before they make the flute out of wood, they must make sure the wood is of good quality.

• Generally their flutes are carved from wood.

• Once they have finished carving it, which is a long process, they treat the wood so it lasts.

• It is not easy work, but the end result, if you can play, is priceless.

12. Music: Native American flutes 13. Music: Native American Indian Flutes

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TErXZIi5jck

14. Bibliograhpy

• Cksinfo.Com

• Canyonart.com

• http://www.pueblopotteryme.com/storytellerpreview.htm

• kumeyaay.info

• http://www.crystalinks.com/sundance.html

• http://www.atflutes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5:the-process-step-by-step&catid=5&Itemid=61