The Buckskin Ceiling: A Native perspective on Native Art Politics is a refereed publication. Information and perspectives presented in this book are the sole opinions of the author and not those of the funding agencies, University of Manitoba, Aboriginal Issues Press, its employees, editors, and volunteers. All profits from the sale of this book are used to support the refereed publication of Aboriginal scholarship and the Aboriginal Issues Press Scholarship Endowment Fund at the University of Manitoba.

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Cover Painting/Drawing by Alfred Young Man

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Young Man, Alfred, 1948-

The buckskin ceiling : a Native perspective on Native art politics / Alfred Young Man.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 978-0-9867261-3-2

1. Indian art--Canada. 2. Indian art--United States. 3. Art, Modern. I. Title.

N6538.A4Y69 2011704.03’97C2010-907857-8