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Discover the rich history and artistry of Native American rhetoric through quipu, wampum, Rivercane baskets, and more. Follow artist Robin's journey in preserving and revitalizing ancient Southeastern traditions. Learn about the symbolic power of malea-making and its significance in American Indian communities. Uncover the intricate relationships between image, symbol, and meaning in iconic semasiographic systems. Explore the innovative expressions of traditional art forms at powwows and cultural exhibitions.
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Rhetorical Powwows What American Indian makings can teach us about histories of rhetorics Malea Powell 2010
Iconic Semasiographic Systems -- a direct graphical relationship between an image and its referent.
Conventional Semasiographic Systems -- meaning is indicated by the interrelationship of symbols that are arbitrarily codified.
Wampum Quipu
Wampum Wampum
Things Chitimacha Rivercane Basket (John Darden) Cherokee Rivercane Basket (Emma Garrett)
Robin is a multimedia artist who works with rivercane, gourds, porcupine quills, moose hair, leather, sweetgrass, trade cloth, silk, glass beads, pains, clay and other sculpting mediums, and precious metals.
Robin examines an ancient Southeastern mat in the Smithsonian collections facility in Washington, DC.
Robin examines pre-contact Cherokee rivercane baskets at the NMAI collections facility.
Robin’s miniature burden basket was accepted for the 2007 Trail of Tears Art Show sponsored by the Cherokee Heritage Center in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Robin cutting cane Emmaline cutting cane
Scott Shoemaker, Miami Ribbonwork Artist
Bonita Nelson & Robin Scott at the Miami Powwow, 2010