Think about the purposes of traditional images for different cultures of Native American and images they use to express ideas an
d how entering the contemporary art scene has changed artists approach. Then discuss how Box of Daylight expresses traditional information about Tlingit (and NW Coast) cultures. Next, focus on Pueblo culture in the American Southwest and describe how Dan Namingha and Roxanne Swentzell express traditional ideas in contemporary ways.
Most of the cultural art forms of Native Americans were created and given the symbols of animals that they normally deal with in their daily life. Their arts also revolved around the common objects of their day to day life. They see human life related to these animal forms. The cultural art of the native American uses art as a way of expression of their way of life which was existed and was developed thousands of years ago.
The Tlingit cultures also expresses their meaning of life through nature, they express how nature plays an important part in their life. The Tales of Raven are unique to the Tlingit culture. This shows their believe in the sun, moon and the stars and how Raven steals the sun, moon and stars from head of Nass river.
The ancient Pueblo cultures, which flourished around 100 to 1600 AD is an ancient civilization if the Native Americans. This civilization is also known as Anasazi. Dan Namingha and Roxanne Swentzell expresses their view of life through pictures and art forms.
