The Art of Indigenous Americans and American Art History: A Century of Exhibitions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Perspective, no. 2, 2015, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at Native American art in museums in three areas: Native American art in American art museums in the early twentieth century, multiculturalism: museum initiatives between 1970 and 2000, and twenty-first century approaches: 'dialogical imperatives'.
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The Art of Native Life: Exhibiting Culture and Identity at the National Museum of the American Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel E. G. Griffin
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, 2007, pp. 167-180
Description
Examines an exhibit Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast to evaluate how it is perceived and promoted by Native American staff and community consultants, and non-Native American staff at the Museum.
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The Art of Storytelling: Reshaping and Preserving Traditions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Ellen Sorensen
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 24, no. 1, Communicating Yesterdays Stories Today, Fall, 2012, pp. 15-18
Description
Looks at funding which facilitates academic programs that incorporate storytelling into their curricula.
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An Art of Survivance: Angel DeCora at Carlisle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Ruggles Gere
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 649-684
Description
Features the life and works of the author, a supporter of Native American arts who taught at the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian School from 1906 to 1915.
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The Artist Knows Best: The De-Professionalism of a Profession

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 65-76
Description
An examination of the art world's control over Indigenous art, placing the importance of art over tribal sovereignty, in regards to the Jimmie Durham Cherokee ancestry debate.
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[Artist Lecture: Nicholas Galanin]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Galanin
Description
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:09:58.
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“Artistic License” Should Be Revoked If It Involves the Re-writing of History: My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose by Ann Rinaldi

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
MariJo Moore
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 12, no. 1, Series 2; Children’s Literature, Spring, 2000, pp. [83]-85
Description
Book review of: My Heart is on the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose by Ann Rinaldi. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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The Artistry and Ability of Traditional Women Healers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roxanne Struthers
Health Care For Women International, vol. 24, no. 4, April 2003, pp. 340-354
Description
Presents unstructured interviews of the lives, backgrounds, and traditional healing practices of six Ojibwa and Cree women healers from Canada and the United States.
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Artists' Intent: Material Culture Studies and Conservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Odegaard
Journal of the American Institute For Conservation, vol. 34, no. 3, Autumn-Winter, 1995, pp. 187-193
Description
Explores changing factors influencing traditional conservation methods and the role of conservation as it relates to material culture of Native Americans.
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[Artists, Natural Resources, and the Environment. Part 1]

Alternate Title
Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research's 2014 Speaker Series, Art in Flux
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roy Kady
Rose Simpson
Kathy Wallace
Cynthia Chavez Lamar
Description
Discussion with three artists about the challenges they face creating their work due to shortages of resources and environmental factors. Part 1 of 2. Duration: 53:30.
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[Artists, Natural Resources, and the Environment. Part 2]

Alternate Title
Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research's 2014 Speaker Series, Art in Flux
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Roy Kady
Rose Simpson
Kathy Wallace
Cynthia Chavez Lamar
Description
Question and answer session with three artists discussing challenges they face due to shortages of resources and environmental factors. Part 2 of 2. Duration: 22:32.
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Arts-based Research Methods with Indigenous Peoples: an International Scoping Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad Hammond
Wendy Gifford
Roanne Thomas

Seham Rabaa
Ovini Thomas ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 260-276
Description
Reviews the literature of 36 international research studies; discusses research methods involving artistic practices. Identifies areas in which arts based methods may offer benefits to an Indigenous research agenda: (a) participant engagement, (b) relationship building, (c) Indigenous knowledge creation, (d) capacity building, and (e) community action.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: ArtTalk Keynote: We Got Styles!

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robin K. Wright
Shaun Peterson
David R. Boxley
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
Description
First presenter discusses intersections between scholarship art and artists over the last 50 years. Second presenter discusses differences between Southern Northwestern Coast and Northern Northwest Coast design elements. Third presenter discusses the importance of works by old masters created before contact and the ban on the potlatch. Followed by panel discussion. Duration: 1:17:20.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 1: Collaborative Research and Community-Based Scholarship Panel Discussion

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pat Courtney Gold
Nadia Jackinsky Sethi
Kathryn Bunn Marcuse
Kaleb Child
Coreen Child ... [et al.]
Description
Presentations on collaborative research: Part 1: Research in Museums and it’s Contribution to Native Communities by Pat Courtney Gold. Part 2: Remembering Heritage Through the Arts in Alaska's Communities by Nadia Jackinsky Sethi. Part 3: G̱a̱lg̱a̱poła (Working Together) – A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas by Kathryn Bunn Marcuse, Kaleb Child, Coreen Child and Tom Child. Duration: 2:02:05
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[ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 3: Panel Discussion]: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art & Challenging Pre-Conceptions

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Seymour
Greg Robinson
Lou-ann Neel
Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Description
Four artists discuss their work, its relationship to their culture, and using traditional subjects and motifs in new, inventive ways which challenge expectations about what constitutes Northwest Coast art. Duration: 1:14:15.
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As I Knew Them: Navajo Women in 1940

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothea C. Leighton
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 34-51
Description
Taking an anthropological psychiatric approach to discuss Navajo women's role in their culture related to cultural requirements and habits.
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"As if Reviewing His Life": Bull Lodge's Narrative and the Mediation of Self-Representation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Special Issue on New Directions in American Indian Autobiography, 2006, pp. 67-86
Description
This article examines the autobiography,The Seven Visions of Bull Lodge, as Told by His Daughter, Garter Snake. In the book, Bull Lodge narrates his life story about his youth who becomes a warrior.
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ASAIL: Association for the Study of American Indian Literatures

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
ASAIL
Description
Promotes the study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans. The website includes a Guide to Native American Studies Programs in the United States and Canada, a link to the SAIL newsletter and notes, recent announcements, and a link to archival issues of Studies in American Indian Literatures (SAIL).
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Asemaa

Alternate Title
Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe
Stories of the Plants: A Zhaawanong Book
[Maajii-Ojibwemowag = They Begin to Speak Ojibwe: ANA Language Project Teacher/Caregiver Supplemental Document]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anabiikwe (Celo White)
Mezinaanakwad (Dennis White)
Description

Children's book about the importance of sacred tobacco in Ojibwe culture; in Ojibwe and English.

Accompanying Material: Colouring Book and Supplemental Document.

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Ashes Ethereal: Cremation in the Americas

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jay Miller
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, 2001, pp. 121-137
Description
Explains the funeral practice, in the Native Church, of remembering the deceased in an evening candlelight service.
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ASK-ECDEV: Resources on Aboriginal Economic Development for Atlantic Canada

Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Electronic Text Centre
University of New Brunswick
Description
Search site with extensive list of documents (some full text, some abstracts only) with links. Focus is economic development, but covers a range of other topics such as governance, education, and employment. Information is not limited to Atlantic Canada.
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Aspirational Descent and the Creation of Family Lore: Race Shifting in the Northeast

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Darryl Leroux
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 93-114
Description
A discussion of the recent trend for white French-descendants to "self-Indigenize" by using genealogy to create identity. Uses the example of Edmée and Catherine Lejeune, two Acadienne sisters born prior to 1635, who have been turned into “Mi’kmaw” women.
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The Assassination of Hole in the Day

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa M. Poupart
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 27, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 135-137
Description
Book review of: The Assassination of Hole in the Day by Anton Treuer.
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Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in Northern Plains American Indians: Prominence of Physical Activity as a Health Behavior

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dmitri Poltavski
Jeffrey Holm
Nancy Vogeltanz-Holm
Leander McDonald
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 2010, pp. 25-48
Description
Outlines the results of a study, using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, which suggests physical activity greatly improves overall health.
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Assessing HIV & Other STI Risk in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities: Participants' Manual

Alternate Title
Tribal Bear Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fransing Daisy
Lee F. Brown
Description
Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.
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Assessing HIV & Other STI Risk in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities: Trainer's Manual

Alternate Title
Tribal Bear Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fransing Daisy
Lee F. Brown
Description
Presents health care providers with culturally relevant training tools to improve communication with patients regarding the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV and other STIs, and supports efforts to minimize STI impact, including HIV, on Native communities.
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Assessing Race Relations: Between Navajos and Non-Navajos 2008-2009

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Duane H. Yazzie
Clarence Chee
Rene M. Yazzie
Steven Darden
Irving Gleason
Description
Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission assessment of border town relations and summary of public hearing testimonies held in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. Concludes with recommendations .
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Assessing The Changing Diet of Indigenous Peoples

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan J. Whiting
Michelle L. Mackenzie
Nutrition Reviews, vol. 56, no. 8, August 1998, pp. 248-250
Description
Argues there is a need for more dietary studies which examine the impact of moving from traditional to market foods.
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Assessing the Interest and Cultural Congruence of Contingency Management as an Intervention for Alcohol Misuse Among Younger American Indian Adults

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine A. Hirchak
Jalene Herron
Sean M. Murphy
Dennis Donovan
John M. Roll ... [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 3, 2019, pp. 38-57
Description
Qualitative study uses focus groups to examine the interest in, and potential strategies for culturally and developmentally adapted contingency management (CM) for Indigenous youth aged 18-29.
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Assessing the Net Effects of Specific Claims Settlements in First Nations Communities in the Context of Community Well-Being

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research series
Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada's Continuing Challenge
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jerry White
Nicholas Spence
Paul Maxim
Description
Purpose of study was to design and test research design which would provide a comparison of different types of communities using education, labour force, income, and housing as indicators. Chapter from Aboriginal Well-Being: Canada's Continuing Challenge edited by Jerry P. White, Dan Beavon and Nicholas Spence.
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Assessing the Research on Early Childhood Home Visiting Models Implemented with Tribal Populations; Part 1: Evidence of Effectiveness

Alternate Title
Assessing the Research on Early Childhood Home Visiting Models Implemented with Tribal Populations; Part 2: Lessons Learned about Implementation and Evaluation
OPRE Report ; no. 2020-164
OPRE Report ; no. 2020-165
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrea Mraz Esposito
Armando Yanez
Rebecca Coughlin
Emily Sama-Miller
Description
"Original Report Published: February 2011". Related Material: Part 2: Lessons Learned about Implementation and Evaluation.
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Assessing Without Labels: Culturally Defined Inclusive Education

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David F. Philpott
Exceptionality Education International, vol. 17, no. 3, 2007, pp. 3-34
Description
Comments on equipping the classroom teacher with the knowledge and skills to assess the needs of students and to instruct according to those needs.
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