((PKG)) NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS SCHOOL
((Banner: Native Arts))
((Reporter: Julie Taboh))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Santa Fe, New Mexico))
((NATS))
((Robert Martin, President, Institute of American Indian
Arts))
We started as a Bureau of Indian Affairs school in 1962. We were
celebrating culture and not trying to just focus on assimilation and
punishing students for speaking their language or practicing their
customs. So that was a big difference for us.
((NATS))
((Delores Scarlett Cortez, Arts Student, Institute of American
Indian Arts))
My work is paying homage to the people who raised me, my
mother and my father and then my cousin who helped shape me
as a person. Growing up, I felt like I was really missing that kind
of side of me because my parents never talked about it. What I'm
hoping to do is go back to my community to document the people
back home that I really care for.
((NATS))
((Anthony Deiter, Professor of Virtual Simulation, Institute of
American Indian Arts))
I always wanted to bring something back to my culture because
I've been in the mainstream so long.
((NATS))
((Daniel Yazzie Natonabah, Student, IAIA Studio Arts))
Growing up on the reservation, I was entirely isolated. I was
surrounded by other natives of the similar tribes and my whole
perspective of the world was just Navajo. But when I’ve came
here, I've learned other perspectives of Yaqui, Tohono O?odham,
Pueblos.
((NATS))
((Robert Martin, President, Institute of American Indian Arts))
That's a lot of diversity. And of course, we also have non-native
students as well. We're open to everybody, but our mission will
always reflect that indigenous or native perspective. I think that's
important aspect of what we have here is a sense of community,
almost a sense of family.
((NATS))
((Daniel Forest, Student, IAIA Studio Arts))
It's called shelter and it feels symbolic to me. I'm learning how to
walk differently, really pay attention because western culture
tends to be a little conquistador, a little aggressive and you just
take that with you wherever you go in the world. It, sort of, suits
you for the most part. That doesn't work here. So, I'm learning to
just recalibrate everything.
((NATS))
((Robert Martin, President, Institute of American Indian Arts))
If you ask the average college student why they’re going to
college, what they're going to do with their degree, they'll say, “I
want a job”. You ask our students and they'll say, “I want to be of
service to my family and my community.” And so that makes our
students different.
((NATS))
((Anthony Deiter, Professor of Virtual Simulation, Institute of
American Indian Arts))
I think they estimate since the inception of Hollywood, 4000
movies have involved Native Americans. My challenge to the
industry would be this: We've heard what you have to say about
us. Now you're going to hear what we have to say about us.
((NATS))
((Banner: Native Arts))
((Reporter: Julie Taboh))
((Camera: Adam Greenbaum))
((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki))
((Map: Santa Fe, New Mexico))
((NATS))
((Robert Martin, President, Institute of American Indian
Arts))
We started as a Bureau of Indian Affairs school in 1962. We were
celebrating culture and not trying to just focus on assimilation and
punishing students for speaking their language or practicing their
customs. So that was a big difference for us.
((NATS))
((Delores Scarlett Cortez, Arts Student, Institute of American
Indian Arts))
My work is paying homage to the people who raised me, my
mother and my father and then my cousin who helped shape me
as a person. Growing up, I felt like I was really missing that kind
of side of me because my parents never talked about it. What I'm
hoping to do is go back to my community to document the people
back home that I really care for.
((NATS))
((Anthony Deiter, Professor of Virtual Simulation, Institute of
American Indian Arts))
I always wanted to bring something back to my culture because
I've been in the mainstream so long.
((NATS))
((Daniel Yazzie Natonabah, Student, IAIA Studio Arts))
Growing up on the reservation, I was entirely isolated. I was
surrounded by other natives of the similar tribes and my whole
perspective of the world was just Navajo. But when I’ve came
here, I've learned other perspectives of Yaqui, Tohono O?odham,
Pueblos.
((NATS))
((Robert Martin, President, Institute of American Indian Arts))
That's a lot of diversity. And of course, we also have non-native
students as well. We're open to everybody, but our mission will
always reflect that indigenous or native perspective. I think that's
important aspect of what we have here is a sense of community,
almost a sense of family.
((NATS))
((Daniel Forest, Student, IAIA Studio Arts))
It's called shelter and it feels symbolic to me. I'm learning how to
walk differently, really pay attention because western culture
tends to be a little conquistador, a little aggressive and you just
take that with you wherever you go in the world. It, sort of, suits
you for the most part. That doesn't work here. So, I'm learning to
just recalibrate everything.
((NATS))
((Robert Martin, President, Institute of American Indian Arts))
If you ask the average college student why they’re going to
college, what they're going to do with their degree, they'll say, “I
want a job”. You ask our students and they'll say, “I want to be of
service to my family and my community.” And so that makes our
students different.
((NATS))
((Anthony Deiter, Professor of Virtual Simulation, Institute of
American Indian Arts))
I think they estimate since the inception of Hollywood, 4000
movies have involved Native Americans. My challenge to the
industry would be this: We've heard what you have to say about
us. Now you're going to hear what we have to say about us.
((NATS))
