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Indian Notes [Vol. 2, no. 1, January, 1925]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
S. K. Lothrop
W. C. Orchard
Melvin R. Gilmore
Marshall H. Saville ... [et al.]
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including one on a shrine to Mother Corn.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 5, no. 1, January, 1928]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frank G. Speck
D. S. Davidson
Melvin R. Gilmore
Arthur Woodward
Bruno Oetteking ... [et al.]
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles on various topics including family hunting territories of the Waswanipi of Quebec and archeological work with the Putnam Baffin Island expedition.
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Indian Notes [Vol. 9, no. 4, Fall, 1973]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anna C. Roosevelt
U. Vincent Wilcox
Michael Sellon
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian. Articles on various topics including a study of tools from ancient Chile and basketry in the Island Carib.
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Indians in ceremonial dress

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
[Warner
Nelson?]
A photograph of Aboriginal men in ceremonial dress, probably taken at Saskatoon Exhibition. All three wear head-dresses and beaded clothing.
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Indigenous Knowledge and Prospects for Income and Employment Generation: The Case of Handicraft Production among Rural Women in Tanzania

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda
Jehovaness Aikaeli
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 76-118
Examines the extent that handicraft products can create income for women in Tanzania; considers issues of seasonal activity, a lack of start-up capital, difficulty obtaining raw materials, and low prices for finished products. Looks at the implications for policy makers wanting to improve the viability of hand crafted products as an income source for rural Tanzanian women.
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Interpretive Guide and Hands-on Activites: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program: ᐊᐧᐃᐧᓯᐦᒋᑲᐣ = Wawisihcikan = Adornment

Alternate Title
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations

Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.

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Introduction to Blackfoot Quillworking Techniques

Alternate Title
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Magee Sherer
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta. Suitable for ages 12 and up.
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Irene Dimick #2 Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Irene Dimick
Judy M. Thibodeau
Indian History Film Project
The interview is an account of Irene Dimick that includes a discussion of life as a Metis.
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Issues in the North, vol. 1

Alternate Title
Occasional Publication Series (Canadian Circumpolar Institute) ; no. 40
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lyle Longclaws
Donna Martin
David Gregory
Betty Thomlinson
Nellie Erickson ... [et al.]
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Jean Baptiste Racette Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jean Baptiste Racette
Victoria Racette
Indian History Film Project
Interviewee, in most cases, responds briefly to interviewer's questions about his experiences throughout his life.
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John Diefenbaker with Indian elder

Images » Photographs
John Diefenbaker with Indian elder in full dress examining beaded object at Calgary Stampede. Location of originals: Diefenbaker Centre.
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John George Gardiner Interview

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
John George Gardiner
Victoria Racette
Indian History Film Project
Mr. Gardiner gives a general account of his life.
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[The Koryak]: Material Culture and Social Organization

Alternate Title
[Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 10]
[Publications of] the Jesup North Pacific Expedition ; v. 6, pt. 2
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Waldemar Jochelson]
Forms part of the Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 10 (p. [383]-842). PLEASE NOTE: Title page is inaccurate does not reflect the actual document.
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A Lakota Shirt

Alternate Title
Glimpses: A Lakota Shirt
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allen Chronister
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 2, Issue 270, May/June 2010, pp. 22-24
Presents photographs taken by DeLancey Gill in the early 1900s in Washington.
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Lakota Style Beaded Vest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 1, 2016, pp. 22-23
Discusses the beadwork crafted by an English student, John Bishop who lives in the United Kingdom.
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Late 19th Century Kiowa Leggings

Alternate Title
MoccasinCorner: Late 19th Century Kiowa Leggings
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 35, no. 6, May-June 2006, pp. 20-22
Examines at a pair of 1890s Kiowa boots or leggings and compares them with Comanche design elements.
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Late Precontact and Protohistoric Glass Beads of Alaska

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margan Allyn Grover
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 53, no. 2, 2016, pp. 69-80
Examines evidence that beads originating in China were available through Indigenous trade networks before contact.
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Lawrence Joseph Pritchard Interview #2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lawrence Joseph Pritchard
Judy M. Thibodeau
Indian History Film Project
Interview is a general account of his life.
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A Letter from Mr. John Reinhold Forster, F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. Giving Some Account of the Roots Used by the Indians, in the Neighbourhood of Hudson's-Bay, to Dye Porcupine Quills

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Reinhold Forster
Philosophical Transactions, vol. 62, 1772, pp. 54-59
Transcription of letter from the Hudson's Bay Company to the Royal Society describing processes used to create colour dyes for quills used in artwork.
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A Life in Beads: The Stories a Plains Dress Can Tell

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leslie Logan
Lesson plan exploring significance of designs and symbols found on dresses and the close connection the Plains people have with their environment and natural resources. Suitable for grades 4-6.
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Making a Contemporary Beaded Loop Necklace

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 38, no. 6, Issue 268, September-October 2009, pp. 4-6
Instructions for designing and laying out loops. Includes photographs.
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Making Bear Claws from Natural Materials

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Nichols
Whispering Wind, vol. 44, no. 2, 2016, pp. 21-23
Directions for making imitation claws from cow hooves. Claws used in construction of bear claw necklaces.
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A Mandan Quilled Hairpiece Wapehnake

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Blake Thurman
Whispering Wind, vol. 36, no. 2, Issue 252, [September-October] 2006, pp. 4-7
Examines specific hairpiece worn by the Lakota and highlights distinctive features. Includes photograph.
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'Many Tender Ties': The Shifting Contexts and Meanings of the S BLACK Bag

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Peers
World Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, October 1, 1999, pp. 288-302
Explores the origin and includes photographs of the decorated "octopus" bag and the complex differences in its meaning as it changed hands and moved from one culture to another over a period of time.
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Metis Women's Traditional Art Series

Alternate Title
Métis Hooked Rugs = Aen Kroshay aen tapee avec mi gineey
Métis Fingerweaving = En saencheur flechey
Our Shared Inheritance: Traditional Métis Beadwork
Métis Silk Embroidery = Mashnikwawchikun avec la sway di fil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
[Cheryl Troupe]
[Leah Dorion-Paquin]
[Penny Condon]

Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.

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Moccasin Styles

Alternate Title
Hodinohso:ni Art Lesson ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rick Hill]
[Roxanne Sky]

Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.

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Moccasins

Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Leonid Ermolov
Emma Panech
Exhibition of early moccasins from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's collections, as well as contemporary examples.Includes text by moccasin makers and annotated photos.
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Montreal and the Indian Trade Silver

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ramsay Traquair
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 19, no. 1, March 1938, pp. 1-8
Discusses various silversmiths associated with ornaments dating from the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries.
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Mukluks and Moccasins: A Manitoba Success Story

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine McIntyre
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 18

Looks at two Métis entrepreneurs whose company, Manitoba Mukluks, employs 50 Aboriginal workers and sells their product worldwide.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.

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Mystic and Decorative Art of the Anishinabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Hunter Whiteford
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 28, no. 1, Art and Material Culture of the North American Subarctic and Adjacent Regions, 1991, pp. 74-83
Focuses on weaving, beadwork and work in birch bark to demonstrate distinctive techniques and styles.
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