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Natalie Ball: Self Excavation and Auto-Ethnography

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Merritt Johnson
Brunt, no. 5, October 2009, pp. 34-39
Comments on an exhibit which has created Ball's own representation of historical fact. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to page 34.
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Native American Beaded Stethoscopes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 43, no. 2, Issue 294, December 2014, pp. 6-7
Colored photographs with accompanying descriptions by Jaki Pease.
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Native American Dolls

Alternate Title
Smithsonian in Your Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Genevieve Marie Simermeyer
Lynn-Steven Engelke
Smithsonian in Your Classroom, Fall, 2004, pp. 1-28

Lesson plan for elementary school students which looks at Native American dolls, how they are made and the cultures they represent.

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Native American Ethnobotany

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
University of Michigan - Dearborn
Presents a database of foods, drugs, dyes and fibers derived from plants.
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Native Products Shop Should Be on Our Wish List

Alternate Title
Introspection
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 12, December 2007, p. 5
Comments on the lack of Native arts and crafts available for purchase in Saskatchewan. Article located by scrolling to page 5.
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The Nebraska Museums: Omaha & Lincoln, Nebraska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Don Lorkowski
Saori Lorkowski
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 3, Issue 277, September-October 2011, pp. 24-25
Describes collection of Plains Indians art at the Joslyn Art Museum, the University of Nebraska State Museum and the Nebraska History museum.
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The Necessity of Jimmie Durhan's Jokes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Shiff
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 74-80
Discusses the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (United States) and the artist's response, as illustrated in his art, is that "authenticity" is another concept designed to keep Native Americans enclosed in "their world" through a label imposed by Euro-Americans.
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Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People

Alternate Title
21st Century Learning - Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People
21st Century Learning – Links to Our Collection
Twenty-First Century Learning - Links to Our Collection
Twenty-First Century Learning - Nehiwayak: Traditions of the Cree People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Presents digitized images and lesson plans to enhance teaching and learning about the Cree people and their cultural traditions.
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No Beginning, No End: The Sami Speak Up

Alternate Title
Circumpolar Research Series ; no. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kirsti Paltto
Kerttu Vuolab
Eino Guttorm
Inger-Mari Aikio
Nils-aslak Valkeapää
Elina Helander
Kaarina Kailo ... [et al.]
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No Tourist

Alternate Title
Material: George Heye & His Golden Rule
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Lenz
American Indian Art Magazine, vol. [29], no. [4], Autumn, 2004, pp. 86-105
Discusses George Heye's collection of Northwest Coast metal objects which included masks, rattles, feast spoons, and daggers created for sale as "curios".
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Norman Nashkawa Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Norman Nashkawa
Evelyn Sit
Indian History Film Project
Consists of an interview where he gives a general account of his life.
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Northern Athapaskan Beadwork

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 6, Issue 274, January-February 2011, pp. 4-10
Discusses the diverse influences on beadwork and the evolving floral beadwork pattern. Includes photographs.
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Northern Cree Footwear: James Bay Region

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Sager
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 5, Issue 255, March-April 2007, pp. 8-10
Examines different styles and designs of footwear made by the Cree Indians.
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A Northern Plains Style Doll

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Henri van de Esschert
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 1, 2016, p. 16
Directions on how to construct a doll made of hide with beadwork.
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Ojibway Beadwork Traditions in the Ayer Collections

Alternate Title
MHS Collections
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia G. Anderson
Kathy L. Hussey-Arntson
Minnesota History, vol. 48, no. 4, Winter, 1982, pp. 153-157
Comments on the items and variety in the collections.
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Old Master: Oonark

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marie Bouchard
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 1987, pp. 4-8
Brief biography of the Inuit artist. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
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Oomingmak in Alaska: the Story of a Yup'ik Eskimo Knitting Co-op

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 1, Spring, 1995, pp. 17-21
Comments on a group of women who knit with qiviut (muskox hair), a fiber which is eight times warmer than sheep's wool. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 17.
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Owl-Wise and Otherwise

Articles » General
Border Crossings, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2006, pp. 14-15
Short biographical article on John Henry Fine Day, a Cree artist from the Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan.
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Pad Saddle

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amelia Fay
Canada's History, vol. 96, no. 3, June-July 2016, p. 11
Brief article describes how the pad saddles were made and highly prized by people of the northern plains.
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A Pair of Kiowa Dolls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 38, no. 5, Issue 267, May-June 2009, pp. 8-10
Looks at dolls from the 1940s dressed in Cheyenne-Arapaho style sold from the Mohonk Lodge Indian Trading post. Includes photographs.
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Paniqutaupik

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
On information card: Paniqutaupik, 18 years old, an employee at the Craft Shop; photograph [in Craft Shop].
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Placing Aboriginal Art at the National Gallery of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Whitelaw
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 31, no. 1, [Special Issue: Culture, Heritage, and Art], 2006, pp. 197-214
Discusses the challenges associated with displaying historical objects in a gallery, such as the presentation of works from a non-Indigenous conception of artistic value.
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Plains Indian Women's Work Bags

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 42, no. 3, December/January 2014, pp. 6-9
Description of materials, design and function of containers.
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Quilled Knee Bands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louie Garcia
David Sager
Whispering Wind, vol. 38, no. 1, Issue 263, September-October 2008, pp. 4-9
Finds no reference to traditional use of bands prior to the Grace Dance. Includes diagrams and photographs.
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Quillwork

Alternate Title
Hodinohso:ni Art Lesson ; no. 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Roxanne Sky]
[Rick Hill]

Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.

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Quillworker's Bladder Envelopes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Thompson
Whispering Wind, vol. 37, no. 2, Issue 258, November-December 2007, pp. 10-11
Instructions for making a Plains-style quill storage bladder envelope out of a bison bladder. Includes photographs.
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