Nancy Marie Mithlo

2009, November 16–20
IARC Seminar: Essential AestheticsIARC SeminarEssential Aesthetics: An Exploration of Contemporary Indigenous Art and IdentityThis seminar brought together a diverse group of scholars and artists to investigate the intersections between approaches to Indigeneity that emphasize an anti-essentialist analysis—approaches that highlight the constructed nature of identity—and those that rely on more traditional ideas of identity as being intricately tied to land, language, history, and community.
2009
“Our Indian Princess”SAR Press Publication“Our Indian Princess”: Subverting the StereotypeIn this pathbreaking study, anthropologist Nancy Marie Mithlo examines the power of stereotypes, the utility of pan-Indianism, the significance of realist ideologies, and the employment of alterity in Native American arts.