Presents an historical overview of the Huron-Wendat First Nation in Quebec and a photograph of Max Gros-Louis, Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat First Nation.
File contains 1 negative of an unidentified woman presenting a gift to a student at a school in Prince Albert (presumably All Saints Residential School), Saskatchewan, April 9, 1965.
File contains 14 negatives by the Indian and Metis National Cross Cultural Awareness Symposium (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on April, 28, 1987. The first eleven negatives show First Nations and Metis dancers in traditional garb. The last three show a woman examining a piece of art.
Includes brief article, podcast (7:39) discussing the artist's work, and 17 images of paintings from the exhibitions Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian and Fritz Scholder: An Intimate Look.
Scanned negative shows two females in uniform posing for a portrait selling candy at a Women's Auxillary tea(presumably of the All Saints Residential School). (bad quality photo)
Discusses how the artist uses parody in his works by painting in the style of Kane and Catlin but introducing subject matter that challenges the stereotypes they depict.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 18-26
Description
Focuses on Annie Pootoogook's depictions of contemporary life and the marketplace's reaction to such unconventional images.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 18.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 11-16
Description
Discusses the artistic production which was initiated as a form of occupational therapy and later became a source of income.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 11.
Photograph of children playing, with tents in background; taken at Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU]. (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children at Play.
Children exiting tent located next to drying hides; taken at Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU] (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children, Drying Hide.
Children exiting tent located beside drying hides; photograph taken in Eskimo Point, N.W.T. [NU]. (community's name changed to Arviat in 1989). Title on file: Eskimo Children, Drying Caribou Hide.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 18-27
Description
Attributes the lack of works that deal with the topic to historical White perceptions of sexuality, attitudes of missionaries who ran residential schools, stereotypes of masculinity, and marketplace demands.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 18.
Critiques art exhibition mounted to celebrate the creation of new territory of Nunavut in terms of whether it accurately represented the Inuit, or was just a reflection of southern views about their art.
Three images of Mistusenni rock, now under water at Diefenbaker Lake. Mistusenni, a 400 ton glacial erratic, 14 feet high, 79 feet in circumference, was sacred to the Cree and Plains Indians. Attempts to remove the rock failed. Fragments were used to construct a monument for historic site marker near Elbow. QC 3692 2 shows Zenon Pohorecki on left, QC 3692 3 shows Zenon Pohorecki on left, Wally Stambuck, third from left and other men.
Montana: The Magazine of Western History, vol. 58, no. 3, Autumn, 2008, pp. 3-22, 92-94
Description
Examines how Native communities maintained their social and cultural identities amidst the attempt of middle class whites to preserve their own version of Indian culture.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 20-30
Description
Highlights the unconventional prints by emerging Inuit artists featured in the portfolio Nine Works by Seven Artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 20.