Article: Study finds untapped potential in Native American art


January 21, 2010 - Euan Kerr, Minnesota Public Radio. A new University of Minnesota study suggests that if helped, Native American artists could become a major economic asset to the state.

A new University of Minnesota study suggests that if helped, Native American artists could become a major economic asset to the state.

Demographer Ann Markusen and writer Marcie Rendon, an enrolled member at the White Earth Band, interviewed dozens of native artists around the state for the study. They talked to visual artists, writers, performers and a host of others. Markusen said they discovered many things...

 

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