Material Culture

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1983.

Controversy and politics about the representation of Native American art in the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C.

Discusses the relationship between Stó:lō Nations and Museum of Anthropology.

Interview with prominent artist, writer, singer and dancer. Excerpt from Nuu-Chah-Nulth Voices, History, Objects & Journeys edited by Alan L. Hoover.

Examines how Britons in the 1700s employed material culture to justify their perceptions about the people and places that made up their empire.

Materials Science & Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2002.

Talks about the importance of war bonnets to the Cheyenne and Lakota nations in both a cultural and spiritual context.

Discusses First Nations' conceptions of cultural property and argues, by using Haida Gwaii examples, that objects should be placed in centres managed and controlled by First Nations, not residing in museums.

Focuses on Canadian institutions and cultural policies and the impacts on native culture.

Book review of: The Return of Culture Treasures by Jeanette Greenfield.

Levell interviews Jisgang, discussing his work and experiences working in museums and galleries; Jisgang gives an account of his learning and his path to his current work.

Discusses the reasoning behind the collection of objects, evolution of the collection, and current issues surrounding the status of Aboriginal art. Excerpt from Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum

Looks at historical and ethnographic records to see if the diatomaceous earth found in museums with Coast Salish collections is the same earth used to coat the wool used in Salish spinning.

Book review of: The Dance of Person and Place by Thomas M. Norton-Smith. Review located by scrolling to page 158.

Book review of: Decolonizing Museums by Amy Lonetree. Review located by scrolling to page 152.

Family and Consumer Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1985.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Comments on the problem of removal of ancestral remains and sacred items from burial grounds and other sacred sites by scientists and pothunters.

Article discusses the artifacts and objects collected by Alphonse Pinart and William Dell from Unga Island burial caves; authors look at the provenance of the objects, which are now divided between Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, and the potential for additional study.

Describes the database created by The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC). Chapter from Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017 edited by Simona Pinton and Lauso Zagato.

Discusses the issues involved when institutions attempt to provide greater access to materials relating to Indigenous cultures.

Discusses the manner in which the Coast Salish attitude towards death and burial has been reflected in their cultural practices and oral traditions.

Discusses the controversy surrounding the Lubicon's call for a boycott of The Spirit Sings exhibit mounted at the Glenbow Museum during the 1988 Olympics. Excerpt from Olympic Perspectives: Third International Symposium for Olympic Research edited by Robert K. Barney, Scott G. Martyn, Douglas A. Brown, and Gordon H. MacDonald.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1999.

Describes a project named “Gi bugadin-a-maa goom (‘To Sanction, To Give Authority, To Bring to Life’)" undertaken by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,and discusses questions which arise when digitization takes place.

Book review of: Eskimos of Northwest Alaska in the Early Nineteenth Century, Based on the Beechey and Belcher Collections and Records Compiled During the Voyages of H.M.S. Blossom to Northwest Alaska in 1826 and 1827 by John R. Bockstoce.

Gives overview and description of objects collected by George Dorsey.

Overview of museum which opened its doors on September 21, 2004 and contains over 800,000 objects. Joint issue with: Indigenous Studies Today Issue 1, Spring 2006.

Examines new concerns and controversies surrounding the handling of material culture in museums.

Lecturer discusses early collectors and the objects they acquired, and his personal experiences with the region's culture. Duration: 47:35.

Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017. Three cases studies: Burke Museum and the Stó:lō Nation; the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Siksika Nation; and the Field Museum and the Haida Nation.

Extract from a presentation at the symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” discusses the process of building relationships between Indigenous peoples and museums, describes the experience of visiting a museum as an Indigenous person.

Describes the process of the Mohican people of Wisconsin as they negotiated Mission House Museum for the repatriation of a Bible and Communion set over more than 30 years. Highlights issues of material culture; of accessibility, possession, and control.

Discusses the problems associated with the legal and moral ownership of material objects.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2011. Uses case studies from Arizona State Museum and the Glenbow Museum.

Book review of: First Nations, Museums, Narrations by Alison K. Brown.

Book review of First Nations, Museums, Narrations by Alison K. Brown.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2003.

Includes both quantitative and qualitative information gathered from across the country. Qualitative findings are arranged under the following headings: reimaging representation, embedding Indigenous values, increasing Indigenous opportunities, and two-way caretaking of cultural material. Related material: Roadmap for Enhancing Indigenous Engagement in Museums and Galleries.

Includes policies from the 2005 version with extensive recommendations for additions and revisions.

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.

Article examines the work being done at the Makah Cultural and Research Centre on the Makah Reservation, in the context of Linda Tuhiwai Smith’s Decolonizing Methodologies.

Looks at an extraordinary artist, Bill Reid, and his many contributions to First Nations culture.