{"id":912,"date":"2017-08-07T05:35:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T05:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art103\/?page_id=912"},"modified":"2017-08-07T05:35:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T05:35:51","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art103\/learning-pathways\/indigenous-art\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/art103\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Introduction to Indigenous Art<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tleft\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:252px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Bradshaw_rock_paintings2.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/2\/28\/Bradshaw_rock_paintings2.jpg\/250px-Bradshaw_rock_paintings2.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">TimJN1, 2009, <i>Bradshaw Rock Paintings<\/i> in the Kimberley region of Western Australia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Throughout many parts of the world, there are groups of Indigenous peoples who are recognized as descendants of the first peoples, aboriginal peoples, or native peoples of a particular region. Indigenous peoples often try to maintain their unique cultural, linguistic and social traditions and identity, even when settler cultures are introduced to their home territories.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:352px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Aboriginal_Religious_Art_(6854184762).jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/6\/68\/Aboriginal_Religious_Art_%286854184762%29.jpg\/350px-Aboriginal_Religious_Art_%286854184762%29.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"213\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Dun Deagh, 2012,<i>From St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life &amp; Art, Glasgow<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Culture includes all aspects of the way of life of various ethnic groups, and art is one of the most important means of expression of Indigenous people. 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