American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 127-150
Description
Looks into the lives of the Berdache or gender-mixed Indigenous leaders We'wha and Klah and how their gender status provided them with a variety of unique skills, insights, and interaction with the rest of American society.
Short story follows narrator as he tries to raise money to retrieve his grandmother's powwow regalia from a pawn shop. Questions what it means to give and receive, and what obligations we have to those we give to and/or serve.
Virtual exhibition features portrayals of traditional cultures of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Nuxalk, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Salish peoples.
Mrs. Trudeau talks about being adopted and the schooling she received as a child. Mr. Trudeau talks about growing up on the farm, and later working in the lumber and fishing industries. Interpreter : Ernest Debassigae ; transcriber : Joanne Greenwood.
An image of an Aboriginal man standing alone. He is dressed in ceremonial clothing and holds a fan of feathers. There is a grouping of tipis in the distant background. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process. The postcard is addressed to Miss Dell Ashdown, Muskoka, Ontario.
Site links to more than 1,000 examples of Wisconsin's material heritage from more than 50 historic sites, museums and private individuals. Includes collection of bandolier bags from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.
Image of woman leading horse-drawn travois. An infant on its side is fastened to the travois. Inscription on back reads: "The Indian didn't invent a wheel. (?) takes her papoose with her."
Journal of Museum Ethnography, vol. 8, May 1996, pp. 41-58
Description
Discusses repatriation request by the Pine Ridge Wounded Knee Survivors Association for articles housed at the Art Gallery and Museum in Kelvingrove, Glasgow. Articles included a necklace, moccasins, Sioux cradle and Ghost Shirt.