Dwellings & Architecture

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New Architecture on Indigenous Lands

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jon Carver
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Description
Book review of: New Architecture on Indigenous Lands by Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka.
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Niitoy-yiss: The Blackfoot Tipi

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Glenbow Museum
Description
Photographic essay based on parts of the Glenbow collection which deal with the traditional home of the Blackfoot.
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Notes on Indian Remains Found on the Coast of Labrador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. G. B. Lloyd
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 4, 1875, pp. 39-44
Description
Describes remains of stone buildings, arrowheads, graves and quartzite.
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Old Log Houses

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
Housing in Fort McPherson, N.W.T.
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Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Lavina Lightbown
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that discusses the changes occurring in Haida culture. NOTE: Lavina Lightbrown probably Lavina Lightbown
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Oliver Adams and Livina Lightbrown #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Oliver Adams
Lavina Lightbrown
Imbert Orchard
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview that is essentially a general discussion on the conflicts between generations.
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On the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands

Alternate Title
Report on the Queen Charlotte Islands
Vocabulary of the Haida Indians of the Queen Charlotte Islands
E-Books
Author/Creator
George M. Dawson
Description
Appendix A and B from Report on the Queen Charlotte Islands published as part of the Geologic Survey of Canada.
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The Origin of the Plains Earth Lodge

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ralph Linton
American Anthropologist, vol. 26, no. 2, April 1924, pp. 247-257
Description
Discusses the construction of types of shelters used in various territories and suggests they may have developed from a single ancestral form of the lodge.
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An Outline for a Chronology of Zuñi Ruins

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 18, pt. 3
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie Spier
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Description
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.18 (p.207-331).
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An Overview of Palaeoeskimo Architectural Remains in the Central Canadian Low Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Ryan
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 29-65
Description
Looks at a proposal of a typological system for the description and organization of architectural remains in order to look at and discuss underlying causes of Palaeoeskimo architectural variability.
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Palaeoeskimo Dwellings in Greenland: A Survey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claus Andreasen
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 283-306
Description
Looks at the shifts in dwelling styles particularly between Late Saqqaq to Early Dorset and Independence I to Independence II.
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Palaeoeskimo Structures in the Okak Region of Labrador

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven L. Cox
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 417-433
Description
Examines that habitation structures with axial features and questions its function.
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Paleoeskimo Demography and Holocene Sea-level History, Gulf of Boothia, Arctic Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Dyke
James M. Savelle
Donald S. Johnson
Arctic, vol. 64, no. 2, June 2011, pp. 151-168
Description
Results of two archaeological and palaeontological surveys of six areas produced evidence of a series of boom-and-bust cycles in population, with an all-time maximum occurring between approximately 3900 and 3600 BP, with subsequent crashes eventually leading to the disappearance of the people.
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Paleoeskimo Demography and Sea-Level History, Kent Peninsula and King William Island, Central Northwest Passage, Arctic Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur S. Dyke
James M. Savelle
Arctic, vol. 62, no. 4, December 2009, p. 371–392
Description
Discusses surveys of the Paleoeskimo sites including, common and uncommon dwelling features, the changes with elevation, environment, fauna resources, and social dynamics based on dwelling size.
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Parallaxe: Celebrating the Provencher Bridge

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terrance Heath
Border Crossings, vol. 23, no. 1, February 2004, pp. 86-89
Description
Review of the exhibition curated by Marie Bouchard, which celebrated the reconstruction of a bridge in St. Boniface, Manitoba, event included performance of Collette Jacques of northern Ontario.
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Patwin Houses

Alternate Title
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Memorial Volume
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.20
E-Books
Author/Creator
W. C. McKern
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 20 (pp157-171).
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Pierre Harper 3 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Pierre Harper
Mary Mountain
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interview of Mr. Harper that includes stories about the Lousy Ones and Scar Face.
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Pigeon Society of the Blood Indian

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
George First Rider
John Hellson
Indian History Film Project
Description
Consists of an interview about the acquisition of the Pigeon Society by the Blood Indians; the ceremonials of the Pigeon Society, including the transfer of bundles.
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Pre-Columbian Towers in the Southwest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Albert Schulman
American Antiquity, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1950, pp. 288-297
Description
Analysis of pre-Columbian towers or isolated structures, including Mesa Verde, McElmo, Hvenweep, Gallina and some in Navajo territory.
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Property Ownership in North Dawson City During the Klondike Gold Rush

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Brand
Northern Review, no. 29, Northern Research Institute: Fifteen Years of Building Yukon Research Capacity, Fall, 2008, pp. 105-125
Description
Examines the development of Dawson City during and after the gold rush and focuses on cabin platforms and their value.
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Re-situating Indigenous Planning in the City

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ryan Walker
Hirini Matunga
Plan Canada, vol. 53, no. 2, Indigenizing Planning / Planning to Indigenize, Summer, 2013, pp. 14-18
Description
Briefly examines how planners could direct efforts to engage with communities and incorporate Indigenous perspectives into mainstream practices. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.14
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[Recensions / Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Louis-Jacques Dorais
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Tchoukotka / Chukotka, 2007, pp. 382-383
Description
Reviews of Nuummi Noorliit 1733-2003 / Ny Herrnhut i Nuuk 1733-2003 by Kathrine and Thorkild Kjaergaard. Review in French.
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Recent Archaeological Investigations Near the Native Village of Shaktoolik, Norton Sound, Alaska

Alternate Title
Human Landscapes in the North: Papers in Hon. of Dr. Priscilla Renouf
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Darwent
Christyann M. Darwent
Kelly A. Eldridge
Jason I. Miszaniec
Arctic, vol. 69, no. 5, Suppl. 1, 2016, p. article no. 4677
Description
Discusses site excavation which led to identification of 134 house features, dating from AD 1100 to the early 1900s.
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Reflections on a Meaningful Architecture: The Symbolic and Material Universes of the Home for the Inuit of Nunavik

Alternate Title
Reflections on a Meaningful Architecture: The Symbolic and Material Universes of the Home for the Inuit of Nunavik (Research Note)
Réflexions pour une architecture significative : Univers symbolique et matériel de la maison chez les Inuit du Nunavik (Note de recherche)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrtille Bayle
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 44, no. 1/2, Builiding and Dwelling in Inuit Nunangat, 2020, pp. 161-182
Description

Using a literary review to identify the cultural importance of Inuit housing and its reflection of Inuit values. 

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Regional Practitioners Colloquium

Alternate Title
Indigenous Architecture Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Description
Presentations and roundtable discussion by several different professionals including architects and interior designers; Beverly J. Diddy, Paul Fragua, Tamara Gay, Michelle Pfeiffer. Duration: 58:26.
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