Galleries, Museums & Exhibitions

Makes recommendations aimed at artists and curators: group shows should be less frequent and more focused, increased opportunities for solo exhibitions should exist, non-Aboriginal curators should include Aboriginal artists in their practices and vice versa. Excerpt from:On Aboriginal Representation in the Gallery edited by Lynda Jessup and Shannon Bagg.

Uses Michel Foucault's idea of heterotopia to look at the Canadian Museum of Civilization's First Peoples Hall and alternative models to deal with the residential school legacy.

Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at University Art Gallery, Ontario, 2001. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.

Review of the exhibition Rock, Paper River.

Book review of: Floral Journey by Louis S. Dubin.

Commentary on an exhibition mounted at the Manitoba Museum of Man, July 1-October 3, 1993.

Looks at the strategies of two curators involved in planning the First Peoples Hall at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 18.

Looks at a curator and a gallery owner sharing their experience on the Inuit component of Threads of the Land; Clothing Traditions from Three Indigenous Cultures. Entire article located on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 16.

Describes the writing and painting contributions of four Western Canadian folk artists.

Looks at the collaboration between various Warumungu groups, government agencies, and Aboriginal organizations to negotiate and produce the Nyinkka Nyunya Art and Culture Centre at Tennant Creek.

Book review of: For a Love of His People edited by Nancy Marie Mithlo.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2009.

Chapter from Visual Representations of Native Americans: Transnational Contexts and Perspectives edited by Karsten Fitz.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brandeis University, 2000.

This site describes the history and geography of the Northern Tutchone (Selkirk First Nation) homeland, and current efforts to “preserve and maintain the townsite". Includes link to Teacher's Corner, which contains list of further readings.

Fort St. Joseph National Historic Site is a former symbol of the alliance between the British and First Nations. Site includes history, natural resources, archaeology, virtual tour, photo gallery, recreational activities, and visitor information.

Describes and compares the treatment of art in the Royal British Columbia Museum, U'mista Cultural Centre, Kwagiulth Museum and Cultural Centre, and University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology. Chapter fourteen from Exhibiting Cultures: The Poetics of Museum Display edited by Ivan Karp and Steven D. Lavine.

Discusses exhibition held by Shebageget in 2003. Originally published as a catalogue essay for Tribe.

John Frazer's Museum in Beauval. Page one: pictures of a ceremonial chair, herb grinder and John Frazer with axe heads. Page two: pictures of outboard motors, learning wood carving, museum visitors, two wheel cart.

Commercial gallery presenting images of Inuit, First Nation and Native American artworks.

Brief statement by cover artist and description of her work as a curator.

Short documentary produced to accompany exhibition of the same name which was mounted at the National Museum of the American Indian. Duration: 10:12.

Discusses artist's controversial Indian paintings from 1960s and 70s in exhibition mounted by The National Museum of the American Indian; includes brief biography.

Guide to accompany exhibit which encourages children to find, read, look, talk about, and compare paintings.

Pages of notebook written by Mapletoft relating to the Frog Lake Massacre and to future planning of the Frenchman's Butte Museum. Also included is a letter from CN permitting the donation of a caboose to the Frenchman's Butte Museum.

Focuses on artist Dana Claxton and her exhibition Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.

In-depth study of the collecting activities of two missionaries among the Tsimshian people.

Discusses museums as instruments of colonial domination, appropriating, decontextualizing, and commodifying sacred objects, and the importance of moving to an Indigenous approach to culture. Duration: 42:48.

Discusses role the noted carver and restorer of totem poles played in the in the acquisition of objects for its collection at the Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia.

Exhibition review from the National Gallery of Canada, November 26, 1993. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 26.

"This essay examines the legacy of colonialism in museums and, in combination with social digitization trends, its impact on current museum attendance trends". Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in History and Geography--Texas Christian University, 2014.

Exhibit review of: "The Fur Trade" Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta. Opened October 1991.

Brief article contains an illustration of a smoke tanned moose and caribou hide jacket produced in northern Manitoba.

Looks into the question of whether profits from Native American gaming helped to establish or expand Native American museums and cultural centers as venues for cultural self-representation. Presented at the Tenth Native American Symposium, November 14-15, 2013. Chapter from Native Ground: Protecting and Preserving History, Culture, and Customs edited by Mark B. Spencer.

Exhibition review from the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Ontario, 1999. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 42.

Site contains links to Indigenous historical and contemporary material drawn from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's artifact and archival collections including thousands of photographs.

Provides information about aboriginal ceramics and pottery-making. Includes links to a virtual exhibition, pottery-making techniques, and conservation.

Telegram from C.W. Watt of the PQ Inuit Association noting refusal of residents to vote in October 11th election until given proper representation in the House of Commons. Also pg. 26 of a brochure by the French government describing an exhibition in that country of Canadian Inuit art.

Book review of: The Gentle Persuador - A Biography of James Gladstone, Indian Senator by Hugh A. Dempsey.

Brief exhibition review.

Presents several of the artist's late paintings (1880) that emerged as works of protest. From exhibition mounted at the National Gallery of Art, September 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009.

Looks at collector who acquired between 700,000 and one million artefacts by 1957.

Explores the work and inspiration of this celebrated artist (1920-2000) from the Grand Portage Reservation in Minnesota.

Curatorial notes of an exhibition mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, February 1 to September 6, 1998. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 43.

Exhibition review. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 41.

Discusses artists works in the exhibition "Ghost Dance: Activism. Resistance. Art" as part of a wider movement to define Indigenous style.

Comments on three exhibits at the Venice Biennale sponsored by the Native American Arts Alliance. Chapter from Vision, Space, Desire: Global Perspectives and Cultural Hybridity.

Museum Studies Thesis (M.A.)--John F. Kennedy University, 2006.

This news release announces that the Glenbow Museum has acquired the archival collection of Oliver B. Buell, a distinguished CPR photographer during the late 19th century. Among the significant documents is an important letter written by Louis Riel on 1 August 1885, at the time of his trial for treason, and photographs taken by Buell at Riel's trial include a courtroom scene and portraits of Riel's defense lawyers.