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Winner of the 2024 Charles C. Eldredge Prize by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Celebrates Indigenous renewal through ceremony, understanding the impact of the past and the possibilities for the futureThe practice of ceremony offers ways to build relationships between the land and its beings, reflecting change while drawing upon deep relationships going back millennia. Ceremony may involve intricate and spectacular regalia but may also involve simple tools, such as a plastic bucket for harvesting huckleberries or a river rock that holds heat for sweat. The Art of Ceremony provides a contemporary and historical overview of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon, through rich conversations with tribal representatives who convey their commitments to ceremonial practices and the inseparable need to renew language, art, ecological systems, kinship relations, and political and legal sovereignty. Vivid photographs illuminate the ties between land and people at the heart of such

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 06/12/2022
      ISBN13: 9780295750309, 978-0295750309
      ISBN10: 0295750308
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      Book Synopsis
      Winner of the 2024 Charles C. Eldredge Prize by the Smithsonian American Art Museum Celebrates Indigenous renewal through ceremony, understanding the impact of the past and the possibilities for the futureThe practice of ceremony offers ways to build relationships between the land and its beings, reflecting change while drawing upon deep relationships going back millennia. Ceremony may involve intricate and spectacular regalia but may also involve simple tools, such as a plastic bucket for harvesting huckleberries or a river rock that holds heat for sweat. The Art of Ceremony provides a contemporary and historical overview of the nine federally recognized tribes in Oregon, through rich conversations with tribal representatives who convey their commitments to ceremonial practices and the inseparable need to renew language, art, ecological systems, kinship relations, and political and legal sovereignty. Vivid photographs illuminate the ties between land and people at the heart of such

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