Feminist Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 64-94
Description
Commentary on how the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) employed photography to represent social problems and the government's solutions to those problems.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Two: Expressions of Self-Determination in North America]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Harris
Description
Discusses the ways northern North American people shape, express and retain their identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
[Bachelor of Circumpolar Studies (BCS) 322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World II]
[Section Three: Expressions of Self-Determination in Northwest Russia, Siberia, and Northern Asia]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tamara Andreyeva
Zinaida Ivanova-Unarova
Description
Discusses the ways Indigenous peoples of northern Russia shape, express and retain their identities.
Developed for class delivered by the University of the Arctic.
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 193-207
Description
Discusses a play centered around an orphaned First Nations girl, Forever, who runs away from residential school and finds shelter in an abandoned boat.
Examines three public museums to see how their websites are being used to help in the understanding of history and culture. Suggestions for improvements are given.
Website includes material addressing Native issues and links to art gallery samples, online and print resources, Indian Affairs annual reports, audio and video collections, etc.
Focuses on detective narratives. Discusses Street Wolf by Mark Wayne Harris and Dennis Francis, Skinwalker by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and Scalped by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra.
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
Material Culture Review, vol. 61, Spring, 2005, pp. 52-61
Description
Looks at styles, patterns, and designs of headgrear collected by James Teit for Franz Boas and the American Museum of Natural History. Includes photographs.
Discusses the artist's use of the character, Miss Chief Share Eagle Testickle, to challenge mainstream society's concepts of masculinity, sexuality and Aboriginality.