Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
Geology of National Parks, 3D and Photographic Tours: American Indians of the Southwest, 1871-1875
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of the Interior
Description
Websites includes photographs of American Indians posing in Aboriginal dress or activities during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian and the Powell Survey of the Colorado River Canyons.
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery – Classroom Activities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Education Office
Description
Focuses on portraits of Indigenous subjects painted by George Catlin, who traveled the United States during the 1830s to capture images of the "vanishing race". Includes general historical background, extracts from primary sources, and exercises and discussion questions.
George Woodcock's Peoples of the Coast: A Review Article
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Robert D. Levine
Peter L. MacNair
BC Studies, no. 40, Winter, 1978-79, pp. 57-70
Description
Book review of: People of the Coast by George Woodcock.
Glimpsing Our Past: An Archival Photo Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Charabin
Paula Daigle
Andy Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
The Great Shimmering
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Hallendy
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikita Vanderbyl
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
Description
Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
He Whare Hangarau Māori: Language, Culture & Technology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hineitimoana Greensill
Hōri Manuirirangi
Hēmi Whaanga
Te Taka Keegan
Tania M. Ka‘ai … [et al.]
Highlights Report: RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Description
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada’s Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada's Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
How Native American Rappers Communicate and Create a Modern Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Berge
Description
Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication Thesis (M.A.)--James Madison University, 2017.
Analyzes lyrics from AbOriginal by Frank Waln.
Imagining Indigenous Digital Futures: An Afterword
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Raheja
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 172-175
Description
Special issue on digital Indigenous studies represents a collection of essays about the critical work Indigenous women are performing in their various digital projects.
In/consequential Relationships: Refusing Colonial Ethics of Engagement in Yuxweluptun’s Inherent Rights, Vision Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah King
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, pp. 187-192
Description
Reviews artist's virtual reality installation from the exhibit Unceded Territories.
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Faye Ginsburg … [et al.]
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
MIcheal Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Kester Dyer ... [et al.]
Indian Notes [Vol. 12, no. 1, 1978]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John C. Ewers
Edmund C. Carpenter
William N. Fenton
William C. Sturtevant
Description
Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation.
Issue features the established policy for accessions to the collections.
Indian Photographs: Amelia Frost and the Presbyterian Mission
Alternate Title
Benedicte Wrensted: An Idaho Photographer in Focus
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian Institution
[Joanna Cohan Scherer
Jim Kochert]
Description
Presents photographs from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in 1887 during the Presbyterian Mission.
Indians Everywhere: Paul Chaat Smith on "Americans"
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Chaat Smith
Description
Curator of the exhibition entitled Americans at the National Museum of the American Indian discusses the exhibition about the pervasiveness of the image of the American Indian in popular culture and the controversy surrounding the validity of artist Jimmy Durham's Cherokee identity.
Duration: 58:51.
Indigenous Artists, Ingenuity, and Resistance at the California Missions After 1769
Theses
Author/Creator
Yve Barthelemy Chavez
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.
Indigenous Collections Symposium: Promising Practices, Challenging Issues, Changing the System
Alternate Title
Indigenous Collections Symposium: Proceedings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Museum Association
Description
Topics discussed were collecting and collections management, and repatriation and initiatives for reconciliation; includes case studies, witness reflections and link to the webinar Museum Perspectives on the Task Force on Museums & First Peoples and the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Indigenous Filmmaking at the NFB: An Overview
Alternate Title
Indigenous Film-Making at the National Film Board: An Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Description
Traces evolution of productions from the 1940s to the present day.
Indigenous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Indigenous Approach to Canadian Heritage Management and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Catherine Marie Stevens
Description
Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2017.
Indigenous Storytelling: Contesting, Interrupting, and Intervening in the Nation-Building Project Through Historica Canada’s Heritage Minutes
Theses
Author/Creator
Anna Shah Hoque
Description
Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Inside Out: An Indigenous Community Radio Response to Incarceration in Western Australia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Clint Bracknell
Casey Kickett
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 81-98
Description
Authors examine the ways that the radio show Inside Out helps to connect imprisoned Aboriginal Australians with their families, their communities and each other. Article also discusses the access to Indigenous culture the public radio show provides to non-Indigenous people.
An Interview with Susan Point
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Becky Rynor
Susan Point
Description
Discusses why the artist feels it is important to push her personal artistic, emotional and creative boundaries.
Jimmy Meneen Interview 2
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Jimmy Meneen
Roger Nanooch
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mr. Meneen, aged 83, describes the difficulties of life when he was a child learning to trap in the bush; tells of the Indians' understanding of the treaty.
Kent Monkman: A Trickster With a Cause Crashes Canada's 150th Birthday Party
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Everett-Green
The Globe and Mail, January 06, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Explains paintings in exhibition, Shame and Prejudice at the University of Toronto Art Museum January 26 to March 3, 2017.
Lakota Performers in Europe: Their Culture and the Artifacts They Left Behind
Alternate Title
William F. Cody Series on the History and Culture of the American West
E-Books
Author/Creator
Steve Friesen
The Land God Gave to His Children / A Western Development Museum Travelling Exhibition - Booklet. - 1978.
Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Western Development Museum
Description
This booklet written for the Western Development Museum Travelling Exhibition examines the religious attitudes and beliefs of Western Canadians to the land from earliest times to the present. The display seeks to facilitate understanding of man's relationship with the land and God.
Large Area To Cover But Little Trouble
Articles » General
Description
Former RCMP special constable Charlie Fosseneuve comments on his years of service in the Cumberland House area. One picture: Charlie Fosseneuve.
Lillian Nahdee Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Lillian Nahdee
Burton Jacobs
Patricia Soney
Indian History Film Project
Description
Discusses various storekeepers on Walpole Island and the burning of the council hall.
The Listener: Remembering The Dane-zaa Soundscape Recordings of Howard Broomfield
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
Jillian Ridington
BC Studies, no. 193, Summer, 2017, pp. 147-161
Description
Discusses the importance of audio recordings and describes work done with First Nations in British Columbia ; the recordings have now been digitized, compiled and mounted online as part of the Ridington/Dane-zaa audio archive. Gives descriptions of a random sample of archive's content.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Louis Riel Day Festivities
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Linda Holoboff
Description
79 images (11 scanned here) of the Louis Riel Day festivities in Saskatoon on July 9, 1978. They show people eating, racing canoes, running, firing guns and enjoying live music.
Manuscript Sources in Sioux Indian History at the Historical Resource Center
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Wehrkamp
South Dakota History, vol. 8, no. 2, March 24, 1978, pp. 143-156
Description
Provides a list of manuscript collections held at the South Dakota State Historical Resource Center.
[Maskihkiyiwan nehiyawewin: Re-igniting the Fire]
Alternate Title
Cree is Medicine: Re-igniting the Fire
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Greyeyes
Description
Performance by students from the wîcêhtowin Aboriginal Theatre Program at the University of Saskatchewan. "Explores the challenges of balancing Indigenous cultural identities in the 21st century."
Duration: 59:08.
The Mechanics of Survivance in Indigenously-Directed Video-Games: Invaders and Never Alone
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah L Madsen
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 79-110
Description
The authors explore the ways that the design of two different Indigenous video games compels players to enact survivance, and how that experience of survivance creates a space for teaching and learning about culture and for decolonizing perspectives.
Medicine through Comics: Wheels Are Turning on the Road to Healing: Native Americans through the Lens of Francophone Graphic Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Bleser
Description
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Men's Fancy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Jones
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 4, July 2017, pp. 41-43
Description
Photographs of the participants and comments on the dress and dance styles at the event.
[Michif Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography]
Alternate Title
Anishinaabe / Chippewa / Ojibwe Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses, children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Miniaturisation: A Study of a Material Culture Practice among the Indigenous People of the Pacific Northwest
Theses
Author/Creator
John William Davy
Description
Anthropology Thesis (PhD) -- University College London, 2017.
More Than Just Flesh: The Arts as Resistance and Sexual Empowerment
Theses
Author/Creator
Camille Usher
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2017.
Museum Exhibit
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen H. Schuster
American Anthropologist, vol. 80 , no. 1, March 1978, pp. 193-196
Description
Exhibit and catalog review of: Sacred Circles: Two Thousand Years of North American Indian Art organized and written by Ralph T. Coe.
Mythic Frontiers: Remembering, Forgetting, and Profiting with Cultural Heritage Tourism
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica L. Taylor
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 187-190
Description
Book review of Mythic Frontiers by Daniel R. Maher.
Native American Fashion: Inspiration, Appropriation, and Cultural Identity
Alternate Title
"Navajo" Underwear and Headdresses on the Runway: A Look at the Last Five Years of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion
Ball Gowns, Moccasins and Black Beaver Hats: York Factory and Red River as Sites of Fashion Innovation
Clothes along the Mohawk: Fashion Exchange and Appropriation among Peoples of Early New York
Cultural Appropriation or Appreciation? A Modern-Day Critique
Everything's Better with a War Bonnet on It!
Fluidity of Referents: Maya Appropriations and Adornments
Non-Native as Native Americans: "I'm an Indian Too"
Style on Trial: Cultural (Mis)Appropriation and Fashion Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Anna Blume
Timothy Shannon
Sherry Farrell Racette
Daniel James Cole
Adrienne Keene … [et al.]
Description
Videos from a day-long symposium which explored past and present fashions, issues surrounding appropriation, and examples of collaborations between Indigenous designers and fashion brands.
The Native American Image in Western Europe
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Howard
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, 1978, pp. 33-56
Description
A discussion about an American anthropologist's European visit to identify how Europeans view American Indigenous populations. During his investigation he looks at European depictions of Indigenous people in museums and libraries, Indigenous influences in European culture, and compares smaller European societies also struggling for their own cultural autonomy to those of American Indigenous people.
Native American Music from Wounded Knee to the Billboard Charts: A Document Based Exploration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
TeachRock
Description
Lesson uses interviews with Pat Vegas and Redbone from the documentary Rumble: The Indians That Rocked the World as a jumping-off point to examine the U.S. government's efforts to control Native American culture by way of music.