Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [10]-18
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Discusses artist's works depicting Inuit society in transition from traditional to contemporary ways of life.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.
Curatorial essay for an exhibition which examined the history of Métis and First Nations women. Artists featured included Sherry Farrell Racette, Mimi Gellman, Tania Willard, Rosalie Favell, Joi Arcand, and Nadia Myre.
Looks at the dominant visual representations of Native Americans and the use of photography as a form of resistance to racist photographic representations.
Border Crossings, vol. 23, no. 1, February 2004, pp. 86-89
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Review of the exhibition curated by Marie Bouchard, which celebrated the reconstruction of a bridge in St. Boniface, Manitoba, event included performance of Collette Jacques of northern Ontario.
Presents a visual impression of Indigenous life and customs through use of original sketches and paintings by the 19th-century Canadian painter.
Duration: 14:28.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 65-81
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Paper argues that the Navajo never had much, if any, input into their image presentation within photography and discusses the implications of this lack of input.
Alaska State Museums Bulletin, no. 43, August 23, 2011, p. [?]
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Overview of the use of photography to portray the indigenous populations and in mapping and surveying during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes photographs
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 93-110
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Discusses the duel challenge of photographing Zuni religious ceremonies and how old photos now pose a new set of challenges to museums and archives, namely accessibility, privacy, and artist/owner rights.
Photovoice methodology shows how Indigenous children view health and furthers the discussion for culturally relevant health education and prevention programs.
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 31, no. 1, [Special Issue: Culture, Heritage, and Art], 2006, pp. 197-214
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Discusses the challenges associated with displaying historical objects in a gallery, such as the presentation of works from a non-Indigenous conception of artistic value.
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 207-226
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Author provides a historical analysis of “the returned gaze” in art by examining different images of Pocahontas beginning with Simon van de Passe's 1616 engraving Matoaka als Lady Rebecca; discusses how “the returned gaze” is used in contemporary works.
Analyzes the kinds of art that are deemed acceptable as Aboriginal and discusses the ways the Barkindji people in Wilcannia deal with issues pertaining to the politics of culture, cultural subjectivity and identity.
Traces changes in Western attitudes toward the classification of objects and the subsequent evolution of the terminology used to refer to them.
Chapter 17 from Handbook of Material Culture edited by Chris Tilley, Webb Keane, Susanne Küchler, Mike Rowlands and Patricia Spyer.
Matika Wilbur shares photographs and stories from Project 562, her multi-year project to document members of federally recognized tribes in the United States.
Duration: 1:42:58.
Western American Literature, vol. 46, no. 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 46-64
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Discusses play which compares quilting perspectives of quiltmaker Mona Gray, who sees quilts as a link to family and LuAnne Jorgensen, a customer who sees them as a commodity.
Describes the 8 week Arctic tour of Invitation: the Quilt of Belonging, which involved the transport of a16 person team and the120 feet long, 10 feet high quilt with 263 blocks, one for each nation of the world.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 119-145
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Discusses the metaphorical surrealism in Jim Denomie paintings showing historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop-culture, art history and Anglo-Indian relations.
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 300-326
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Article considers the early work of Nathan Jackson and discusses the ways that his paintings, prints, and textile works blend traditional Tlingit designs, patterns, and colour schemes with modernist elements.
Discusses the film directed by Ali Kazimi and the work of photographer Edward Curtis in terms of pictorial representation of Aboriginals and the ideas behind it.