Long before European contact, Canada's indigenous peoples' rituals and dramatic storytelling were as theatrical as those of minstrels and churchmen.

Nov 21, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

Can Europeans reclaim their indigeneity? Gaelic Aborigine Tad Hargrave says yes, and shares some of his language and wisdom with us.

Jun 4, 2006 - Woorama

Many of Frida Kahlo's works were influenced by indigenous art forms. More specifically in her later works the retablo and ex-voto forms were used.

Jan 20, 2011 - Frances Simmons

Once almost forgotten, representing just 2% of the population, Taiwan's original inhabitants are enjoying a new cultural and economic revival.

Jul 12, 2010 - Solange Hando

The Smithsonian Institution hopes to improve its stance among indigenous people with its "Recovering Voices" initiative to document dying languages.

May 16, 2010 - E.E. Mazier

Ever-popular in European folk tales and modern primitive arts, gnomes appear in many craft designs.

Apr 1, 2010 - Sarah Briggs

Both art investors and artists benefit from the newly-released Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct, designed to stamp out shysters.

Apr 9, 2010 - Heather Grant

Painted trucks in Pakistan are among the most colourful in Asia, brightening up the roads like moving displays of indigenous art.

Aug 19, 2009 - Solange Hando

The people of the Ryukyu Islands, or Okinawa, Japan, have an animistic and shamanistic belief system that predates the influences from Shinto, Buddhism, and Taoism.

Jan 12, 2010 - Paula I. Nielson

Indigenous knowledge systems are hot property in the global marketplace, heralding a new age of colonisation through the new "papal bull" of Intellectual Property Rights.

Apr 9, 2006 - Woorama

Some of the first North Americans inhabited the California area. California today has the largest and most diversified populations of Native Americans.

Sep 21, 2010 - Paula I. Nielson

Our right to maintain ancient and sophisticated mathematical systems has been extinguished by Western assumptions about "primitive logic".

May 15, 2006 - Woorama

Create delicate paper fairies for cards, dioramas, and other unique craft projects.

Apr 28, 2010 - Sarah Briggs

Trade the usual painted plastic lawn gnome for a garden ornament made by hand. A painted folk art gnome statue possesses both personalized character, and creative charm.

Mar 31, 2010 - Sarah Briggs

Craft a unique folk art or primitive decorations with a game board from traditional quilt blocks.

Feb 22, 2010 - Sarah Briggs

.Collections of Russian matryoshka, Polish wycynanki, carved African figures, East Indian textiles and American folk art are among this outstanding museum's acquisitions.

Oct 12, 2007 - Connie Emerson

Folk Art and Outsider Art have become highly prized and collectible recently. In response to that demand, art museums have opened around the United States.

Sep 11, 2008 - Mary Rayme

Artists can recreate the toy tradition of old through a variety of folk art designs inspired by Noah's Ark.

Apr 17, 2010 - Sarah Briggs

Since its humble beginnings in Maleny in 1987, Woodford Folk Festival has grown into one of Australia's most important cultural and arts events.

Dec 17, 2011 - Jasmine Crittenden