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Bear Chief's War Deed Tipi

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Arni Brownstone
Description
Contends the primary reason for painting the tipi was to publicize personal achievement.
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Bearclaw Gallery

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Features original paintings by aboriginal artists, inuit sculptures, and traditional crafts and artifacts. Brief artist's biographies are available....
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Beardy's Secretary

Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of sketch of Beardy's secretary. Written on front of photograph: "Beardy's Secretary / [his own] signature / a true character." Likely the secretary's signature in Cree at right on photograph.
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Beaver

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
A pictograph of a beaver at Rattler Creek, Saskatchewan.
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Beaver Bundle Origin Myth of the Blood Indians

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 on the origin of the Beaver Bundle and its transferal.
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"Because we Have Really Unique Art": Decolonizing Research With Indigenous Youth Using the Arts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
Jessica Yee Danforth
Ciann Wilson
Vanessa Oliver
June Larkin ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 1, Sharing Knowledge Across Nations, 2014, pp. 16-34
Description
Findings show that arts-based approaches to the development of HIV-prevention knowledge and Indigenous youth leadership are helping to involve youth in a critical dialogue about health.
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Benjamin West's 'Indian Family'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hugh Honour
The Burlington Magazine, vol. 125, no. 969, December 1983, pp. 726-733
Description
Traces American artist's years in Italy and his painting, Indian Family in 1761.
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Beyond the Woodlands: Four Manitoulin Painters Speak Their Minds

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Theresa S. Smith
Blake Debassige
Shirley Cheechoo
James Simon Mishibinijima
Leland Bell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 1, Winter-Spring, January 1, 1994, pp. 1-[?]
Description
Often dismissed by art critics, artists of the "Woodland School" challenge misconceptions about their work and share insights on their artistic style.
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Big Nose and his Painted Elk Skin

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arni Brownstone
Plains Anthropologist, vol. 52, no. 202, May 2007, pp. 195-207
Description
Comments on commissioned paintings by Plains Indian warriors with descriptions of the individual scenes.
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Bill Nasogaluak: Getting Past the Oral Tradition

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Bill Nasogaluak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Fall, 1996, pp. 28-35
Description
Interview with a prominent western Arctic artist. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 28.
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The Birth of the Cooperative at Holman Island

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Henri Tardy
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp. 26-29
Description
Comments on the evolution of the co-op and printmaking. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
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"Blackfoot Chiefs."

Images » Photographs
Description
An image of two Aboriginal men posing in ceremonial regalia in a photography studio. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.
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Bob Boyer and Jeff Thomas

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Garneau
BorderCrossings, vol. 24, no. 2, May 2005, pp. 108-109
Description
Highlights exhibitions of the two artists' work held in Regina during March 2005, Bob Boyer: Local Hero and A Study of Indianness.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bethany R. Berger
Ted Jojola
William C. Meadows
Joshua Piker
Margaret Noori
Brad Montgomery-Anderson
John K. Donaldson
Edward W. Huffstetler
Carla Mulford
Elizabeth Archuleta
et al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 1, 2009, pp. 143-192
Description
Book reviews of 20 books: American Indians and State Law: Sovereignty, Race, and Citizenship, 1790-1880 by Deborah A. Rosen. Architectural Variability in the Southeast edited by Cameron H. Lacquement. Art from Fort Marion: The Silberman Collection by Joyce M.
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Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eric Bonfield
David Sheach
Dick Henley
Allan J. Ryan
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 1986, pp. 351-359
Description
Book reviews of 4 books: Moon of Wintertime: Missionaries and the Indians of Canada in Encounter Since 1534 by John Webster Grant. Migration Tears: Poems About Transitions (Native American Series Number 7) by Michael (Lomawywesa) Kabotie. Establishing Pathways to Excellence in Indian Education: Selected Papers from the First Mokakit Conference. July 1984 edited by H. A. McCue. The Ojibway Dream by Arthur Schilling.
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Border Under Siege: An Author's Attempt to Reconcile Two Cultures

Alternate Title
11th Inuit Studies Conference, Nuuk, Greenland, September 23-27, 1998
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Michael P. J. Kennedy
Description
Looks at the poetry, fiction, non-fiction and artwork of Alootook Ipellie. Scroll to p. 75. Chapter from 11th Inuit Studies Conference, Nuuk, Greenland, September 23-27, 1998 edited by Claus Andreasen, Karen Langgard.
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Boyer's True Legacy Lies Within the Future Artists He Inspired

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 25, June 2007, p. 26
Description

Brief commentary on artist Bob Boyer, known for making political statements about the way Aboriginal people have been treated throughout the years.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.38.

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Breaking Ground: Oil Stick Drawings from Cape Dorset

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Lewin
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. [24]-32
Description
Discusses Inuit artists' work with a relatively new medium. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 24.
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Brian Jungen: Cool, Cooler, Coolest

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nancy Tousley
Canadian Art, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer, 2003, p. [?]
Description
Discussion of the artist's works dealing with identity, gender politics and cultural studies.
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British and Indian Identities in a Picture by Benjamin West

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Kaye Reinhardt
Eighteenth-Century Studies, vol. 31, no. 3, Spring, 1998, pp. 283-305
Description
Comparative analysis of cultural bias in the painting, Colonel Guy Johnston and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill) painted in 1776.
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Broken Dreams; No Regrets

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Ewan Morris
Aboriginal History, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 153-154
Description
Book reviews of: Broken Dreams by Bill Dodd. No Regrets by Mabel Edmund. Review located by scrolling to page 153.
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"Buffalo Bill" and the Siouan Image

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Phyllis Rogers
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 3, 1983, pp. 43-53
Description
Article studies William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) and his influence in creating the "Sioux" image of the Native American in regards to visual imagery.
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[Buffalo hunt] - Perehudoff painting

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
W. Perehudoff
Description
Photograph of painting by W. Perehudoff hung at the Batoche Museum. Depicts man chasing down a buffalo on horseback.
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Bull Head's Revenge

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Arni Brownstone
Open Letter, vol. 13, no. 1, Fall, [2006], pp. 136-145
Description
Discusses how the same event produced five different pictographic renditions and textual translations even though they were painted by the same artist.
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C. Szwedzicki: The North American Indian Works

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website contains links to digital images of over 300 paintings and text from portfolios published between 1929 and 1952. Images searchable by subject, place of origin, artist and date published.
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Canadian Indian Boys Shooting at Pennies, at Lorette - Sketch. - [1875?].

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
E.R. Morse
Description
Reproduction of sketch from Harper's Weekly. Sketch shows Aboriginal boys in foreground, shooting with bows and arrows at pennies on the ground, in Lorette, [MB]. Well-dressed crowd looks on, with a man and woman riding by in a horse-drawn carriage. Buildings in background; sketch by E.R. Morse.

Historical note:

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Cape Dorset Annual Print Collection 2003

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Spring, 2004, pp. 32-35
Description
Highlights works by Suvinai Ashoona, Meelia Kelly, and Ohotaq Mikkigak. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 32.
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