Intergenerational Pottery
River Romero
Pueblo of Pojoaque
River Romero
Pueblo of Pojoaque
“Pueblo of Pojoaque Flag.” Infobase, Facts On File. American Indian History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&iid=281099. Accessed 13 Sept. 2024.
Identity
The article “How Place Names Impact the Way We See Landscape” by B. Toastie goes into depth about how the original names for landmarks in the U.S.A. hold a deeper meaning. The article goes into detail about how the native names of places hold history to native tribes and are ways for them to talk about their legends and give context to their stories. The article talks about how the Navajo people talk about deceased ones as still living because their souls are still living and visiting the living.
“And I went to school” memories of a pueblo childhood,”
Suina, Joseph “And I went to school” memories of a pueblo childhood,”. New Mexico Journal of Reading, Winter 1985, Vol. V, No.2.
In the article” Sharing One Skin,” Jeanette Armstrong explains that in the Okanagan culture, there are four parts to oneself: the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual self. She also discusses community and family and how, without a community, one is alone.
Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community
Armstrong, Jeanette. “Sharing One Skin: The Okanagan Community,”
The article “ And Then I Went to School” by Joe Suina talks about his early years at a border school and its effects on his community and himself. The excerpt goes into detail about how the boarding schools tried to strip away his culture from him and tried to assimilate him into common american thought and ideology. The article goes into depth about how the U.S. viewed Cochiti's culture as uncivilized and dirty and how they thought that they were cleaning and civilizing him by taking his culture away.
“And I went to school” memories of a pueblo childhood,”
Suina, Joseph “And I went to school” memories of a pueblo childhood,”. New Mexico Journal of Reading, Winter 1985, Vol. V, No.2.
The History
Pottery has existed for thousands of years and throughout those thousands of years, there have been many pottery civilizations. A majority of old pottery comes from Peru with the Moche and Chavin people with what we call pueblo pottery coming around 900 A.D with the Mimbres people.
Keoke, Emory, and Kay Porterfield. “Pottery in the Americas.” Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World, Second Edition, Facts On File, 2019. American Indian History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=18626&itemid=WE43&articleId=187382.
For generations, families have been selling pottery. During the 1950s, pottery was sold for 25 cents, but when the 1970s came, so did the prices of Pueblo pottery, with some pots reaching 20,000 dollars. With the Pottery Renaissance coming at the beginning of the 1900s came an influx of fakes called greenware made from molds and mass-produced.
Fleming, Jeanie Puleston, and Renee Lynn. "Pueblo pottery: renaissance of an ancient art." Sunset, vol. 192, no. 3, Mar. 1994, pp. 84+. Gale General OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A15203380/ITOF?u=nm_s_santafeis&sid=ebsco&xid=3f1ceb82. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
Since people crossed the Bering Strait 40,000 years ago the art of native americans started. Beginning with stone tools to weaving the art forms stated to include designs and patterns. The mass migration to the southwest led to the start of southwest Indian art. The start of Pueblo pottery is the Mimbres people who lived from 1100-900 CE.
Dockstader, Frederick, and Roger Sears. “North American Indian and Inuit Art.” Encyclopedia of Art, Vol. 3, Facts On File, 2005. American Indian History,
Current State of The Issue
with the Recent Trend in Museums to Bring light to the oppression of natives in the museum setting, the Smithsonian has taken the step to bridge the gap between museums and natives. The Smithsonian has started and is working on promoting and highlighting the Indigenous people of the Western Hemisphere. ensuring that native people have their voice and perspective in Museums
The exhibition is a way for Pueblo people to show their history and view of pottery to the world. ensuring native people have a say in museum settings . creating a way to bring pueblo pottery to more people and shed light on the art form
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Global Connections
With the recent urbanization and declining birth rates in Japan have led to a massive decrease in the learning of traditional crafts of Japan. this loss of culture in Japan has led the Japanese government to focus its time on preserving the traditional arts of Japan. The Japanese government has started to initiate many programs to conserve and preserve traditional crafts. One of the most popular programs is the internship to learn a traditional craft from a master,
Northam, Jackie. “Japan's traditional crafts are struggling to survive the country's population decline.” NPR, 29 July 2022, https://www.npr.org/2022/07/29/1114222052/japan-traditional-crafts-small-business-population-decline. Accessed 19 February 2025.
The ever-changing landscape of the art world has led to a shift in the art world leading many people to look for sustainable income. India is one of the few countries whose history spans thousands of years. That long history has led to the creation of many traditional art forms in India. Recently many of these traditional art forms have been close to being forgotten. India's government has taken notice of this trend and has started to create communities and schools that teach some of the longest and most important traditional art forms
“Reviving Lost Arts: Initiatives Preserving India’s Traditional Culture.” Divine XP, 2020, https://www.divinexpindia.com/reviving-lost-arts-initiatives-preserving-indias-traditional-culture/. Accessed 19 February 2025.
Acoma Pueblo is the Pueblo leading the conservation work for Pueblo pottery and language. Acoma Pueblo noticing a sharp decline in the fluency in their native language took the initiative to start teaching the youth of their tribe to help with the conservation of their language. the schools that Acoma has built teach not only their native language but traditional arts such as pottery to their tribal members allowing them to help preserve their culture.
“Preservation of Acoma Pueblo.” Pueblo of Acoma, 2010, https://www.puebloofacoma.org/about-us/cultural-preservation/. Accessed 19 February 2025.
Personal Connection
being surrounded by pottery since I was born has led me to be interested in the art form in many ways. I can still remember being little watching my mom make pots in the living room while watching TV or my uncle painting his designs onto his white pots when having family dinners. when thinking of a topic to choose for SHP I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't know if I wanted to choose something related to bison or farming but I landed on pottery when looking at one of my great grandma's petras pieces of pottery.
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