Protecting Native American Performance Art Under The 1990 Indian Arts And Crafts Act

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We, the undersigned, demand that the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act, which was designed to protect Indian Artists and their Work, include not only Indian made "artifacts" but also Indian Performance Art.

We believe Performance Art is the very foundation of our Lifeways, and it seems we must have protection, as there are those who insinuate Indian Ancestry to promote their performance art in seemingly dishonest ways.

We call on the Indian Arts and Crafts Board to begin enforcing the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act in full, which would include protecting our Performance Art, which would include Music, Theater, Dance, and the like.

47 Signatures

  • James Starkey
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    • Hoka Hey!
  • Nathan Cowlishaw
  • Marlon Magdalena
  • Denise Giago
  • David McCloskey
  • Keith Robert Jerome Biodrowski
    • Comments
    • one must respect the rights of others to remain human
  • Chris Clifford
  • Robert W. Johnson
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    • i will foward this to my contacts/friends
  • Michael A. Doherty
  • Stephanie Gavin
  • Francis J Yellow
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    • Our Friendly Lifeway doesn't dichotomize the "Arts" into separate disciplines, artforms, genre, etc. The wholeness of our approach to making things is what makes "Indian Arts and Crafts" unique and powerful. Our People should be able to make a living from our Lifeway: the EuroAmerican encroachment upon and theft of our Lifeway and livelihood has gone on for too long. We demand justice and equitable treatment under the law.
  • Gina Giambuzzi
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    • YES!!!!!! PLEASE PROTECT!!!!
  • Ethan Neerdaels
  • Colyn Petersen
  • Valencia Little Bald Eagle-Romero
  • Claudio
  • Janet M. Monge
  • daniel l. hayward
    • Comments
    • Please enforce these laws to their fullest extent, and include performance arts in the law's enforcement.
  • Michelle Waldon
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    • This request only seems right and fair to me.
  • Felicia Dunn
  • vern mcfalls
  • Audrey Weebothee
  • NorahChristine RunningWolf
  • melinda putman
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    • В
  • Michele L. Hudson
  • Rachel Wood
  • Jackie Dunn
  • Dean Lookinghawk
  • Milena Runnion
  • Steve Freeman
    • Comments
    • All artforms should be protected!
  • Cynthia Panana
  • william b browning
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    • To take away native american performance art is like taking the vocal cords of all white people
  • Martin R. Dill
  • Linda L. Johns- Dill
  • Misko Stephane
  • Rain J. L Two Wolves
  • Daysha Marrow
  • Amanda Shute
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  • Lucha White Horse
  • Derek Fiddler
  • dale robertson
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    • Right on !
  • monique lopez
  • Ray Wilson
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    • She is not enrolled, but my wife is of Native descent, as am I. Both she and I feel that the omission of performing arts, music, theater, dance, writing, in the original framing of the IACA was a grave mistake. It is not too late to correct that mistake.
  • Jay Redeagle
  • Megan Lounsberry
  • Ethan Neerdaels
  • Magali D'Haeyer
  • Ruth-Claire Weintraub
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    • The amphitheatre commissioned by the fine Native artists Lloyd Kiva New and Charles Loloma, designed and built by Paolo Soleri at what was then the IAIA and is now The Indian School, is scarcely used; in fact it has been so underused that it is being threatened with demolition. It is a sin of omission that the Native performance arts program Charles Loloma and Lloyd Kiva New wanted has not yet been established. In the 1960s, when they came to call on Soleri at Cosanti to talk with Paolo about what they wanted, I was there: I was totally convinced by what they said. Of course it had to happen. Of course there has to be such a program. Native dramatists, musicians, dancers, poets, film-makers have a place in Santa Fe that was created for Native performance arts and Native performance art-lovers. It's as artistically important for performance arts as the Santa Fe Opera House is for opera. Economically - money making important, too. That comprehensive performance arts program was vitally needed when it was commissioned; it is just as vitally needed now, or even more so. What must be done to fulfill Charles Loloma and Lloyd Kiva New's vision for the Paolo Soleri amphitheatre? Native performance artists deserve to know that Lloyd Kiva New and Charles Loloma believed in them, believed Native performance arts deserve to be seen and heard, that its best forum is their amphitheatre in Santa Fe. The entire world has been - and still is - waiting for them to appear there. Their time should be now. Their time is now.