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.
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, Autumn, 1994, pp. 507-531
Description
Article draws on Collier’s autobiography and other writings to explore perceptions of his ideals and and actions as an Indian Affairs agent in the USA during the New Deal era (early 1900s).
Book review of: Writing the Circle: Native Women of Western Canada edited by Jeanne Perreault and Sylvia Vance ; preface by Emma LaRocque ; introduction by Gloria Bird.
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.