Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1994, pp. 12-18
Description
Interview with an Inuit carver from Igloolik about when he began to carve, accessibility of materials, and other queries.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 12.
One participant was Aboriginal hunter, one was a French Canadian farmer, and one was an immigrant from England. Focus was on six characteristics: language, religion, social relations, family, intergenerational links, and rites of passage.
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert.
Duration: 51:49.
Contains links to Australian music, artist profiles, awards, encyclopedia, recordings of powwow music, listing of Native American artists, record companies, etc.
Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Fall, 1994, pp. 445-[?]
Description
Contends that while contemporary artists acknowledge those who came before, they have developed their own individual styles and the one common thread is their part in environmental, economic, and cultural politics. Article highlights several individual artists.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 158-162
Description
Author laments on the decline of major institutions that once defined Canadians in such a way as to bind people together, comments on Canada's image to outsiders, and briefly mentions perspectives on First Nation peoples.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Culture and Educating: Aboriginal Settings, Concerns, and Insights, Spring, 1994, pp. 182-192
Description
Looks at life histories of Maliseet and Micmac university students and Bolivian Aymara, Quechua, and Uru women to help students realize their own identity and potential.