1. How the native americans have influenced the U.S.

2. Do you have anything in your homes that is Native American? If so, what?

5. TITLES OF CITIES IN UTAH INFLUENCED BY THE NATIVE AMERICANS
Kamas: small grassy plain among hills (ute)
Kanab: willow (paiute)
Kanosh: Man of white hair (ute)
Panguitch: Place where fish are (paiute)
Parowan: Marsh people (paiute)
Santaquin: Named for ute chief santaquin
Timpanogos: River in the rocky mountains (ute)
Uinta: Pine Lands (ute)
Wasatch: Mountain pass (ute)
TITLES OF CITIES IN UTAH INFLUENCED BY THE NATIVE AMERICANS

6. Ute Ceremonies

7. Utes return to the mountains to live
Bear Dance
Spring Time
Utes return to the mountains to live
Utes perform this dance for the bear.
Strengthens the friendship ties between the Utes and the bears.

8. Led by the medicine man (shaman)
Sun Dance
Led by the medicine man (shaman)
For good health and well- being, brings comfort to those suffering, dispels ill will ghosts, and prepares them to become shamans as well.

9. Story Telling/Ceremonies in general
Way to tell the history of the tribe to their younger children and to explain why things happen
Written records were made by white settlers.
Believe there is magic to singing and dancing.

10. And the constant change of culture
Navajo Baskets
And the constant change of culture

11. The Traditional Navajo Baskets.
White center of the wedding basket portrays either Mother Earth or the beginning of the life
Black stepped terraces either clouds or mountains
Red circular band either sunrays or a rainbow.

12. When did it start changing…
By adding figures and other images
In the 1970s, traders encouraged native weavers to produce baskets that would appeal to buyers beyond the local Navajo market.

13. New additions..
Incorporating sacred images and designs inspired by the prayers and rituals of medicine men into their work.
Depicting traditional stories or ceremonies.

14. Contemporary Baskets
Abstarct: Artwork which takes liberties, altering for instance color and form. Total abstraction bears no trace of any reference to anything recognizable.

15. Illusionary: Intricate geometric patterns function like the “eye- dazzler” designs.

16. Collage: creatively bring together multiple images to make a more personal interpretation of some aspect of Navajo belief or culture.

17. Your Assignment You will pick a story, only 5 people to a story.
Grab a piece of paper from the back table and then you will write down any main points to help you remember the story on the back of your paper.
You will then re-create the story by doing it in one of the 3 contemporary ways
Abstract, Illusion, and Collage
THIS IS HOMEWORK!! IT NEEDS TO BE COLORED AND TURNED IN ON FRIDAY