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 Blog #3 Native American Painters in the 20th & 211st Century Novell Morrisseau (1931-2007) is a contemporary Indigenous artist from Canada really pushed the bounties in Native contemporary art. Morrisseau never had any professional art classes or college education never finished school, he was self-taught artist. against a lot of criticism and resistance for his artist vision known for his Woodlawn style art. His was a spiritual visionary person. His work came to him naturally in his visions, dreams and life experience. His artwork stood out because his subjects were woodland animals, people, dreams and life experiences. Defined by his broad, thick, blacklines, bold and bright colors, and his subject had sense of space, x-ray and his effortless flow in his art. What is woodland school of Art- Native art that blend traditional legends, stories  Some of the sample to share with further generation are his multiply artwork exhibit today and talk about even today, Morrisseau w...

  Blog # 2 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Annette Ott In this film it shares the impacts that Native American have made and how it changed music. influences it made today from early blues, jazz and rock'n'roll. This film brings a lot of eye-opening artists to light. Musician I never knew that had Native roots. One would wonder why all of these impacts have not been shared in a film like Rumble before. Marti Gras and the history of the Stump dance is so interesting how the leader calls, then the men answer out a chant the drums, singing, feathers. Indigenous people have been doing this for 150 years. Many people believe that this is where the early blues, jazz started it was definitely the start of where music is today. I think Native Americans influence music more than any group of people. From Charley Patton, Buffy Saint-Marie , Jimi Hendrix Neville brother are just a few people who was mentioned in the film the list goes on. Many Indigenous people played various ...