Knowing Native Arts brings Nancy Marie Mithlo's Native insider
perspective to understanding the significance of Indigenous arts in
national and global milieus. These musings, written from the
perspective of a senior academic and curator traversing a dynamic
and at turns fraught era of Native self-determination, are a
critical appraisal of a system that is often broken for Native
peoples seeking equity in the arts. Mithlo addresses crucial
issues, such as the professionalization of Native arts scholarship,
disparities in philanthropy and training, ethnic fraud, and the
receptive scope of Native arts in new global and digital realms.
This contribution to the field of fine arts broadens the scope of
discussions and offers insights that are often excluded from
contemporary appraisals.