Earth Songs, Moon Dreams: Paintings by American Indian Women is a celebration of the contributions of Native American women to America's cultural heritage. Focusing on both traditional and modern art and offering an historical and stylistic overview, Broder's book includes the work of Native American women belonging to more than forty tribes across the United States and Canada. Earth Songs, Moon Dreams features historically important works by pioneer artists of the early twentieth century, classic examples of the Indian-School tradition, examples of the first successful attempts to interpret the techniques of modernism as compatible with the symbols and stylistic conventions of traditional Indian art, and examples of the work of the most innovative and accomplished Native American women painting today. Includes over 100 gorgeous, full color reproductions. Broder has prepared an introduction on each artist and then presents one or two samples of her work.

IntroductionAnnie Little Warrior--Plains: CeremonyAnnie Little Warrior--Plains: Travois--Moving CampCarrie Cornplanter--Seneca: Indian Woman Pounding CornLois Smoky--Kiowa: Kiowa FamilyLois Smoky--Kiowa: LullabyTonita Pena--San Ildefonso Pueblo: Preparing Blue Corn, ca. 1930Tonita Pena--San Ildefonso Pueblo: Ceremonial DanceTonita Pena--San Ildefonso Pueblo: Big Game Animal Dance, ca. 1925Eva Mirabel--Taos Pueblo: Picking Wild Berries, 1940Eva Mirabel--Taos Pueblo: Taos Woman Carrying Bread, 1958Eva Mirabel--Taos Pueblo: Washing WheatTonita Lujan--Taos Pueblo: Taos Women Husking Corn, 1934Merina Lujan (Pop Chalee)--Taos Pueblo: the Forest, 1936Merina Lujan (Pop Chalee)--Taos Pueblo: Forest SceneEloisa Bernal--Taos Pueblo: Taos Ragged Feather Dance, 1938Margaret Lujan--Taos Pueblo: Taos Girl, 1945Lorencita Bird Atencio--San Juan Pueblo: Harvest DanceLorencita Bird Atencio--San Juan Pueblo: Women Getting Water, 1935Geronima Cruz Montoya--San Juan Pueblo: Basket Dancers, 1978Geronima Cruz Montoya--San Juan Pueblo: Pueblo Crafts, 1938Lolita Torivio--Acoma Pueblo: Acoma Woman Picking Chili, 1936Cipriana Romero--Cochiti Pueblo: Cochiti Women Grinding CornMarcelina Herrera--Zia Pueblo: After the Deer Hunt, 1935Eileen Lesarlley--Zuni: Zuni Girls with Ollas, 1935Rufina Vigil--Tesuque Pueblo: Mass at Fiesta, 1936Caroline Coriz--Tesuque Pueblo: Textile Pattern from an Acoma Pottery Motif, 1934Pablita Velarde--Santa Clara Pueblo: Pueblo Craftsmen--Palace of the Governors, 1941Pablita Velarde--Santa Clara Pueblo: Song of the Corn DancePablita Velarde--Santa Clara Pueblo: Dance of the Avanyu and the Thunderbirds, 1955Helen Hardin--Santa Clara Pueblo: Winter Awakening of the O-Khoo-Wah, 1972Helen Hardin--Santa Clara Pueblo: Mimbres RabbitHelen Hardin--Santa Clara Pueblo: Prayers of a Harmonious Chorus, 1976Margarete Bagshaw-Tindel--Santa Clara Pueblo: Twilight Meets Dawn, 1995Maxine Gachupin--Jemez Pueblo: Two Masked Dancers, 1968Geraldine Gutierrez--Santa Clara Pueblo/San Ildefonso Pueblo: Pottery SpiritsMichelle Tsosie Naranjo--Santa Clara Pueblo Navajo Laguna Mission: the Fall is Ending SistersSybil Yazzie--Navajo: A Crowd at a Navajo N'Da-A, 1935Sybil Yazzie--Navajo: Navajo Wedding, 1936Sybil Yazzie--Navajo: Navajo Weavers, 1935Mary Ellen--Navajo: Yeibichi Dance, 1930SRosalie James--Navajo: Night Singers And Drummer, 1936Beverly Blacksheep--Navajo: Navajoland, Ca. 1990Jeanette Katoney--Navajo: Beauty of the Clouds, 1995Mary Morez--Navajo: Father Sky. 1969Mary Morez--Navajo: Origin Legend of the Navajo, 1969Laura G. Shurley--Navajo: Authentic Indian Curios, 196Laura G. Shurley--Navajo: Dine Dichotomy, 1989Emmi Whitehorse--Navajo: Silent Observer, 1991Lucille Hyeoma--Hopi: Sun Bird, 1966Jeneele Numkena--Hopi: Hopi Harvest Ceremony, 1995Otellie Loloma--Hopi: Nature's Altar, ca. 1950Otellie Loloma--Hopi: Hopi Symbols, ca. 1950Yeffie Kimball--Osage: Zuni Maiden, 1939Yeffie Kimball--Osage: Old Medicine Man, ca. 1959Linda Lomahaftewa--Hopi/Choctaw: Hopi Spirits, 1965Linda Lomahaftewa--Hopi/Choctaw: Morning Prayer, 1989Marian Terasaz--Comanche: Comanche GirlMarian Terasaz--Comanche: Women Drying Hide, 1938Diane O'Leary--Comanche: The Walking Wheel, ca. 1970Diane O'Leary--Comanche: Moon Walker, Late 1970sJean Bales--Iowa: Iowa WomanMarlene Mary Riding In--Pawnee: Morning Star Ceremony, ca. 1950Ruthe Blalock Jones--Delaware: Delaware Woman With Ceremonial Doll, 1984Ruthe Blalock Jones--Delaware: Shawl Dancers, 1981Agnes Gough--Cherokee: Eskimo Ceremonial Dancers, ca. 1952Connie Jenkins--Cherokee: Generations of Motherhood, 1996Joan Brown--Cherokee: Ancestral PrayerMary Adair (Horsechief)--Cherokee: Selu, 1993Jeanne Walker Rorex--Cherokee: Trail Sisters, 1991Joan Hill--Creek/Cherokee: Morning of the Council, 1971Joan Hill--Creek/Cherokee: Evening at the Pueblo, 1967Jimalee Burton--Cherokee/Creek: Buffalo Dance, ca. 1947Dana Tiger--Creek/Seminole/Cherokee: Patrol of the Lighthorse, 1990Jimmie Carole Fifestewart--Creek: Studying the Treaty, 1967Minisa Crumbo--Creek/Potawatomi: The Pueblo Dress, 1976Brenda Kennedy--Citizen Potawatomi: Provisions, 1976Brenda Kennedy--Citizen Potawatomi: One Sunday at Shawnee, 1979Norma Howard--Choctaw/Chickasaw: Doorway to the Past, 1996Dolona Roberts--Cherokee/Choctaw: Beautiful Blankets, 1985Dyanne Strongbow--Choctaw: Her Flock, 1981Mary C. Young--Choctaw: Bear Dance, 1965Valjean McCarty Hessing--Choctaw: Choctaw Removal, 1966Valjean Mccarty Hessing--Choctaw: Choctaw Mourning RitesValjean Mccarty Hessing--Choctaw: The Capture of the Crawfish Band, 1974Jane McCarty Mauldin--Choctaw: Prayer, 1972Christine Musgrave--Osage: Bear Dance, 1990Anita Luttrell--Osage: Osage Woman, 1973Gina Gray--Osage: The Return of the Clan Seekers, 1994Mary Gay Osceola--Seminole: Seminole Dance, 1962Mary Gay Osceola--Seminole: Seminole Mothers and ChildrenAgnes Bird--Chieppewa: Chippewa Woman Stripping Birch BarkSharon Burnette--Chippewa: Portrait of a Lady, 1967Alice Loiselle--Chippewa: Nine People, One Dog, 1968Carol Snow--Seneca: Night Singer, 1990Lisa A. Fifield--Oneida/Iriquois: The Woodlands Loon Woman, 1997Bonita Wawa Calachaw--Luiseno: Chief Runs Them All, 1947Judith Lowrey--Mountain Maidu/Pit River: Wilis-Kol-Kold (Susie Jack), ca. 1985Karen Noble--Kuruk/Chimariko: The Flood, ca. 1985Evelyn Teton--Shoshone/Bannock: Bannock Madonna and Child, 1968Peggy Deam--Squamish: Metis of Montana, 1969Yvonne Thomas--Lummi: Beaver People, 1980Joane Cardinal-Schubert--Blood/Blackfeet: Minus Bear SolutionEdna Davis Jackson--Tlingit: Ka-Oosh and Coho Salmon, 1980Kenojuak Ashevak--Inuit (Cape Dorset): Woman With AnimalsKeeleemeeoome Samualie--Inuit (Cape Dorset): Spirits With CharJessie Oonark--Inuit (Baker Lake): Ice FishingJanet Kigusiuq--Inuit (Baker Lake): Winter Camp Life, 1979Victoria Mamnguqsualuk--Inuit (Baker Lake): Shaman CaribouRoberta A. Whiteshield--Cheyenne/Arapaho: White Mountain Apache Fire Dancers, ca. 1970Rosebud Tahcawin De Cinq Mars--Hunkpapa/Brule Sioux: Alo'Wampi Ceremony, ca. 1940Laurie Houseman-Whitehawk--Winnebago/Santee-Sioux: Our Past, Our Future, Our Elders, 1991Judy Mike--Winnebago: Three Women, 1964Sharron Ahtone Harjo--Kiowa: We Had Plenty, 1984Connie Red Star--Crow: Crow Parfleche, 1967Nadema Agard--Lakota/Cherokee/Powhatan: Homage to Plains Womanhood, 1984Charlene Teters--Spokane: Turtle Sisters, 1988Phyllis Fife--Muscogee (Creek): Buffalo Two Chips, 1973Kay Walkingstick--Cherokee/Winnebago: Where Are The Generations?, 1991Kay Walkingstick--Cherokee/Winnebago: Ourselves, Our Land, 1992Jaune Quick-To-See Smith--French Cree/Shoshoni/Flathead/Kootenai: Buffalo, 1992NoteBibliographyAcknowledgments