Dwellings & Architecture

A discussion about the construction of log and birch canoes ; the tuberculosis epidemic ; the effects of non-Indians on Indian life style : spiritual values, hunting; fishing; land use, etc.

Includes survey questions, community profiles and research findings from each of the 14 First Nations involved in study, and results of visits to three sites where local materials were being used in construction. Full research report. Community Report.

Discusses results of research conducted in three locations where local materials were used in construction and survey of 14 First Nations as to their requirements for appropriate housing. Includes both summary and main report. Community Report. Appendices.

Summarizes study which investigated whether housing was culturally appropriate and conducted site visits to locations where local resources had been used in construction. Revised edition.

Environmental Design Thesis (MEDES)--University of Calgary, 1998.

New data on the organization of multi-family houses in the eastern Aleutian region of Alaska around 500-1500 A.D.

Canadian Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1998.

Interview includes a discussion of Alfred Durocher's life.

[Architecture?] Thesis (M.A.)--Cornell University, 2009.

Area of land covered by trapper, aged 74, in northern Alberta -- his life as a trapper, and working in Fort McMurray.

Comments on the ethnographical study of the American Indian. Entire issue on one pdf. Refer to pages 305-319 for relevant article.

Study used spatial analysis of stone tools and dwelling structures to interpret these structures in a Dorset context.

Partial exterior of church, with sign in front and bell on roof visible. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk April 1989".

Interview includes stories of a Woods Cree who turned a Plains Cree son-in-law into a bone spirit and the revenge that came from that.

Interview includes a biographical account of Antoine Lonesinger's life that includes stories about farming, trapping, house construction and the making of charcoal and lime. He also tells of the murder of an Indian Agent at the hands of a Blackfoot named Owl Eyes.

Book review of: Archaeological Investigations by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska edited by Edwin S. Hall and Robert Gal.

Describes sites left by residents over 150 years ago that were occupied 600-700 years ago. Looks at pollen and fossil remnants.

Exhibition centers around Inuit artists' depictions of scenes which almost exclusively feature tents or igloos, rather than modern structures. Curated by Melanie Evtushenko. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 29.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Keynote address presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society.

Patrick Stewart, Indigenous architect, of the Nisga'a First Nation in British Columbia looks at elements he considers when starting a project: architectural principles; traditions and culture; policy/local conventions and knowledge. Duration: 53:06.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch)--Dalhousie University, 2014.

Focuses on box hearths, an axial feature and a boulder hearth at three excavated sites on the West Coast of Greenland.

Summary of study which investigated interrelationship between health and housing. Lists challenges, traditional solution, potential present-day solution, and examples of how some communities have met the challenge. Highlights from research report of same name.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Dalhousie University, 2010.

Community and Regional Planning Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1979.

Short entrance and snow house located at Resolute, N.W.T. [NU].

Finished snow house located at Resolute, N.W.T. [NU]

Finished snow houses (igloos) located in Resolute, N.W.T. [NU]

Describes immovable architectural features of semi-subterranean dwellings.

Discusses the type of construction employed with the most prominent and ancient Sami monuments in Sweden dating back to the Viking age.

Architecture and Planning Thesis (MPlan)--Dalhousie University, 2016.

A photograph of a teepee with two Native people sitting in front of it, and two standing behind a horse on the right. There is also a dog and two travois leaning against each other on the left. On the back it reads: Assiniboine teepee near Wolseley, Sask., 1880's - Dog and travois piled at left.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--Carleton University, 2005.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Arizona, 2013.

Cites individual examples in the areas of design, site, innovation, culture, green, and impact.

Website contains links to Virtual Village Project, online exhibits, information on canoes, totem poles, and architecture, and a collection of over 60 pages of images.

Examines biocultural engineering design methods to enhance modern sustainable buildings.

Discusses early anthropological misconceptions about Blackfeet women and the construction and maintenance of the tipi.

Describes the building techniques used for these structures and how they were utilized in warfare.

Six videos explain the steps in the construction of the traditional buffalo hide tipi which was created for the First Nations Gallery of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. They are: preparing the hides, tanning the hides, sewing the hides, setting up the tipi, blessing the tipi, and tipi living. Accompanied by a virtual tour of the tipi camp in the First Nations Gallery.

Architecture Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Waterloo, 2007.

Argues that the two teaching longhouses are examples of Aboriginal people influencing and controlling the cultural education process.

Continuing Education Thesis (M.C.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005.