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'A New Deal for Native Art' Explains How the Gov't Undermined Indigenous Art During the New Dealnew

Jennifer McLerran makes the case that administrators of New Deal Indian policy, particularly John Collier, then-commissioner of Indian Affairs, insisted on romanticizing pre-industrial forms of indigenous art rather than pushing native artists toward self-sufficiency.
Tucson Weekly  |  Jarret Keene  |  10-29-2009  |  Nonfiction

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