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Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Mary Garofalo
Pamela Masik
Description
Brief television feature focuses on the artist's controversial series of paintings of the sixty-nine murdered and missing women from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Duration: 6:36.
"Free Your Mind," from the Series Crazymaking (2007)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, p. 5
Description
Brief statement by cover artist and description of her work as a curator.
Friends of Batoche Hosts Historic Métis Women's Art Show By Leah Dorion
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Brenda Hrycuik
Eagle Feather News, vol. 15, no. 6, June 2012, pp. A-18
Description
Brief profile of Métis artist the inspiration behind her art show.
Article located by scrolling to page A-18.
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.
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.
Heather Igloliorte
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Dewar
Heather Igloliorte
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 56-67
Description
Interview with an Inuk artist, writer and curator from Labrador.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 56.
Honor the Treaties: The Film
Media » Film and Video
Description
Film about conditions on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, the history behind them and photographer Aaron Huey's efforts to bring to the attention of the American public.
Premiered at ShortsFest, Seattle International Film Festival 2012. Duration: 14 min.
Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations. Vol. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa
Description
Indigenous women share their lived experiences with regards to their relationships with the land, birth mothers, communities and themselves through poetry and art.
"How to Approach Collaborations?": A Freirian Journey Honouring Cree Relationships, Skills and Values
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine M. Stocek
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--2012.
Humour in Contemporary Indigenous Photography: Re-focusing the Colonial Gaze
Alternate Title
Humor in Contemporary Indigenous Photography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meagan Sugrue
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 61-79
Description
Discusses how the works of Shelley Niro, Chris Bose, Dana Claxton, Arthur Renwick, and Terence Houle challenge mainstream society's perceptions of Aboriginals.
Imagi/Nations
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
[Royal Anthropological Institute of Britain and Ireland
Max Carocci]
Description
Website developed for exhibition of the same name as well as the book launch for Warriors of the Plains: The Arts of Plains Indian Warfare by Max Carocci.
Contains links to exhibition, catalogue, bibliography, videos and information on the book.
Imaginary Spaces of Conciliation and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Garneau
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 28-38
Description
Author discusses his works, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Meeting and Aboriginal Advisory Circle Meeting within the context of irreconcilable spaces of Aboriginality.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Imprisoned Art, Complex Patronage: Plains Drawings by Howling Wolf and Zotom at the Autry National Center
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Phillip Earenfight
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 2012, pp. 230-231
Description
Book review of: Imprisoned Art, Complex Patronage by Joyce M. Szabo.
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.]
Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Montana State University Library
Description
Database with a searchable online photograph collection, including by subject, date, location and tribe. The database attempts to provide students, researchers and the general public with direct access to primary material on the Plains Indian cultures.
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.
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Performance Art Conference, Grunt Gallery 2002
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Grunt Gallery
TRIBE
Description
Website examines performance art practices arising from the Aboriginal culture. Contains essays, art images, videos, and resources.
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 Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tina Block
BC Studies, no. 174, Summer, 2012, pp. 146-147
Description
Book review of: Indigenous Women and Feminism edited by Cheryl Suzack, Shari M. Huhndorf, Jeanne Perreault, and Jean Barman.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 146.
Intersecting Practices of Art and Activism: Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Doreen Jensen, and Daphne Odjig
Alternate Title
Imagining History: A Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Conference
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lee-Ann Martin
Description
Speaker discusses the women's contributions to the development of the contemporary Aboriginal art.
Duration: 27:42.
Interview with Curator Ellen Taubman, Changing Hands: Art without Reservation 3, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gloria Bell
Ellen Taubman
Description
Curator talks about her background in Aboriginal art and the exhibition.
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.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and the Social Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health: A Case Study of First Nations Women’s Resilience, Resistance, and Renewal
Theses
Author/Creator
Julie A. George
Description
Sociology Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Western Ontario, 2012.
Inuit Art and the Quest for Canada's Arctic Sovereignty
Alternate Title
Calgary Papers in Military and Strategic Studies. Occasional Paper; no. 5
E-Books
Author/Creator
Patrick Lennox
Inuit Carvings: A New Story
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Zoe Litsios
Bernie Pucker
Sue Pucker]
Description
Exhibition catalogue.
Is Canada Postcolonial?: Re-Asking through "The Forgotten" Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura Moss
TOPIA, no. 27, [Spring], [2012], pp. 47-65
Description
Discusses the controversy over exhibiting a series of paintings by artist Pamela Masik depicting women missing from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Sparked debate about artistic freedom and social commentary versus the question of who is allowed to speak for victims and issues of exploitation.
[Isuma: The Art and Imagination of Ruben Anton Komangapik]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Emily E. Auger
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Les Peuples de l Arctique et le Bois / Arctic Peoples and Wood, 2012, pp. 213-214
Description
Book review of: Isuma by Estelle Marcoux Komangapik, Genevieve Larocque, Ruben Anton Komangapik and Dorothee Komangapik.
[Jamie Black and the Red Dress Project]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
The REDress Project
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Black
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Conversation with the artist who is drawing attention to the gendered and racialized nature of violent crimes against Aboriginal women with her outdoor art project.
Duration: 31:21.
[Jamie Black and the REDress Project]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jamie Black
Robert-Falcon Oullette
Description
Podcast of interview with the visual artist about her installation piece, which is meant to draw attention to the issue of murdered and missing Aboriginal women in Canada.
Duration: 31:21.
Jeff Thomas at Stephen Bulger Gallery
Alternate Title
Dart: Design Arts Daily
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeff Thomas
Peggy Roalf
Description
Interview with artist.
[Jessica Jaconson-Konefall, Indigenous New Media and Settler Societies in Canadian Cities]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Jessica Jaconson-Konefall
Robert-Falcon Ouellette
Description
Looks at the work Decolonizing Settler Legacies: Indigenous New Media Art in Canadian Cities, which focuses on Indigenous new media art practices in urban space.
Duration: 28:51.
Jimmie Durham: For the Price of a Magazine
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anthony Huberman
Afterall, no. 30, Summer, 2012, p. [?]
Description
Discusses the artist's work with particular reference to an exhibition mounted at the Artist's Institute in New York.
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.
Knitting and Basket-Making Receives an Official Nod
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shauna Lewis
Windspeaker , vol. 30, no. 2, Raven's Eye, May 2012, p. 3
Description
Comments on the designation of Cowichan sweaters and Nlaka'pamux basket making as Aboriginal items of national historic significance by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Page 4 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Section Providing News from BC & Yukon.
Koowhiti
Alternate Title
Te Kaharoa Special Edition (vol. 1, no. 2, 2012) - Dance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Cleave
Jenny Stevenson
Merenia Gray
Tanemahuta Gray
Linda Ashley
Te Kaharoa, vol. 5, Special Edition on Dance, 2012, pp. 3-167
Description
Collection of essays, photographs and links about Maori contemporary dance performances.
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.
The Magic of the People in Our Lives
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Richard Wagamese
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 9, December 2012, p. 12
Description
Comments on Norval Morriseau, an artist and a traditional teacher.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
The Making of "Indian Arts" in Schools: The Case of Educational Reforms in the American Southwest, 1920s-1930s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yumiko Nakano
Bulletin of the Faculty of Humanities, Seikei University, no. 47, 2012, pp. 27-38
Description
Discusses how new cultural policies instituted under James Collier affected the curriculum in government-run industrial schools.
Marie Watt's Forget-me-not: Stitched in Wool, a More Human War Memorial
Alternate Title
Textile Society of America 13th Biennial Symposium, 2012
Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings; paper 750
Textiles and Politics
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rebecca Head Trautmann
Description
Brief overview of the artist's textile works and discussion of the installation pieces which commemorated soldiers from the Pacific Northwest killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
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.
Moccasin Styles
Alternate Title
Hodinohso:ni Art Lesson ; no. 6
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Rick Hill]
[Roxanne Sky]
Description
Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.
Mukluks and Moccasins: A Manitoba Success Story
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Katherine McIntyre
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 18
Description
Looks at two Métis entrepreneurs whose company, Manitoba Mukluks, employs 50 Aboriginal workers and sells their product worldwide.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.30.
Native American Indian Language & Culture in New York
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NYS Language Regional Bilingual Education Resource Network (Language RBE-RN)
Description
Looks at the history of Native Americans living in New York from 9000 B.C. to the present day.
Native Pop: Bunky Echo-Hawk and Steven Paul Judd Subvert Star Wars
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olena McLaughlin
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 30-52
Description
Author discusses the work of two Indigenous pop-artists and how they appropriate iconic mainstream imagery in order to subvert popular narratives and stereotypes in the Star Wars franchise and in the wider film industry.
[Neqamikegkaput / Faces We Remember: Leuman Waugh's Photography from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1929-1930]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Julie Hollowell
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 36, no. 2, Les Tourisme dans l Artique / Tourism in the Arctic, 2012, pp. 232-235
Description
Book review of: Neqamikegkaput / Faces We Remember edited and compiled by Igor Krupnik and Vera Oovi Kaneshiro.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.