Arts & Culture

Discusses the culturally specific context of expressing grief and hope through material art.

Essays examining the conventional portrayals of Native people in literature, exposing prejudices and misconceptions entrenched since colonial days regarding Native societies, including their moral, spiritual, and political values. Entire journal in one pdf. Scroll down to page 32 to read article.

Explores First Nations person's response to the permanent First Peoples exhibit at the Royal British Columbia Museum, in Victoria, B.C. and museum depictions of Aboriginal cultures in general.

Focuses on activist community theatre to serve as a recognition of our shared political responsibility to the underprivileged.

Defines and examines the concept of ethnic humour and how it influences all aspects of culture.

Arts Thesis, (Ph.D.)--University of Georgia, 2016.

Canadian Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.

[Anthropology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2008.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2009.

Discusses attitudes towards documentaries and mainstream reactions to the film Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance.

Looks at why some products are labelled as "cultural appropriation" and why this invokes strong pushback.

Welcoming remarks and keynote presentation by artistic director of the Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre and a participant in the theatre's Circle of Voices program. Duration: 1:09:19.

Speaker talks about the value of theatre. From: Think Indigenous Education Conference (TIEC) 2015, March 18-20, University of Saskatchewan. Duration: 31:21.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Ethnologist-in-Charge by F. W. Hodge An Introductory Study of the Arts, Crafts, and Customs of the Guiana Indians by Walter Edmund Roth

Considers issues of labelling Indigenous artists in terms of either genre, style, aesthetics, or ideology by looking at works by George Morrison and Gerald Vizenor.

Examines themes of testimony, trauma, storytelling, and witnessing in Maracle’s novel; discusses the role that narrating and observing can play as a means of collaborating in the decolonization of settler systems and violence.

Studies in Art and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2010.

Music Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Works by the American poet, musician, and author who is of Cherokee descent.

Presents materials designed to help teachers implement the Ontario Grade 9 Native Studies curriculum. Revised version, 2016.

Website contains links to history of the park, children's activities, and teacher resources.

A large boulder from the Kamsack area with a Thunderbird etched upon it by Aboriginal peoples.

Examines aspects of Aboriginal personhood as it relates to photographic images of the dead.

Interview with the Northern Cheyenne artist.

Contemporary Native American artists "describe the contours of their history and practice."

Forms part of the Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 30 (p.247-302, 30 text figures).

Discusses Strongheart’s role in the DeMille production of the 1925 film Braveheart; argues that Strongheart exercises his agency as a technical adviser and actor to affect the way that Indigenous people are portrayed in film.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Texas, 1999.

Film looks at a project that used 75 caribou skins to make 2 replicas of the original lodge. Duration: 28:07. Accompanying materials.

Composer discusses the music, his story and the melding of jazz and traditional Alaskan Native music. Duration 18:15.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1994.

Focuses on American and Canadian governments and post-secondary institution's reluctance to promote Native art.

Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1970.

Examines social & political events and contexts and the media coverage that surrounded the work and career of painter Tonita Peña; considers the production and reception of their work and asks to what extent Peña’s work responded to their audience.

Publication of a short paper that was delivered on a panel, Honoring Gerald Vizenor, Post-Indian Poses, at the 2016 MLA conference in Austin, Texas. Author articulates their own relationship Vizenor’s work and the inspiration they draw from it.

Short documentary explains the customs and symbolism associated with the poles, and the process of construction. Duration: 21:01.

Book review of:Totem Poles by Pat Kramer. Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 136.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (USA) in 1930 sought to encourage the appreciation of carvings as art.

Facsimile edition. Originally published in 1929.

Examines two Surrealist artists' common views on Native American art and culture.

Discusses the donation of a canoe and large totem pole from the village of Old Kasaan by Saanaheit Chief of the Haida Indians.

Website provides background to exhibition which examines jewelry designs from the American Southwest and the Northwest Coast and compares similarities between the two cultures.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northern Territory University, 1999.