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Aboriginal Theatre
Antler Hair Combs
Discusses characteristics of different types of combs and their uses.
Appropriate Appropriation: An Ethical Assessment of Cultural Appropriation in Fine Art
Art and Wellness: The Importance of Art for Aboriginal Peoples' Health and Healing
ART Sauvage: Indian Acts
Buffalo Boy: Then and Now
Challenging Dialogue: Current Relationships between Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Art and Artists
Changemakers Lesson Plans: Remote Learning
Lesson plans focus on Native Americans who are fighting invisibility and creating change through their work, contributions from the past, and current actions which will impact the future.
Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years
Clothing Styles
Discusses how European fashion influenced Hodinohso:ni styles.
Cradle Boards for Babies
Discusses various examples of Mohawk and Seneca boards and the techniques used to create them.
Creator's Game: The Quest for Gold and the Fight for Nationhood: Educational Resource
Drumbeat: [Native American Music and Movies]
Edward Curtis Project
Garden of Relatives Coloring Book
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
The Great Mountain: Study Guide
Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations. Vol. 2
Indian Acts: Highlights, or How Art History Spanked Me Straight
Indigenous Arts Policy: Initiatives and Challenges
Intellectual Property and the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts, Solomon Islands, 2012
Interview with Curator Ellen Taubman, Changing Hands: Art without Reservation 3, Museum of Arts and Design, New York City
Inuit Art and HBC: Lesson Plan
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
Inuit Carvings: A New Story
Jeff Thomas at Stephen Bulger Gallery
Learn about Western Canada in the Early 1900s through the Art of C.D. Hoy: Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 7-12
Hoy was a photographer who worked in Quesnel, British Columbia at the start of the twentieth century, when the Fraser River and Cariboo Gold Rushes were taking place, resulting in different cultural groups coming together in one location. Many of his portraits were of Indigenous people living in the area. Designed to complement the online exhibition Through the Lens of C.D. Hoy: How a Chinese Canadian Photographer Memorialized a Community.
The Life You Want: A Young Woman's Struggle through Addiction: Educational Resource
Marie Watt's Forget-me-not: Stitched in Wool, a More Human War Memorial
Moccasin Styles
Discusses the elements of various styles and the techniques used to create them.
Music Is the Medicine: Educational Resource
Native American Dance
Native American Indian Language & Culture in New York
NDN AXE/IONS: A Collaborative Essay
New Traditions: Post-Oka Aboriginal Performance Art in Vancouver
Objectified: The Story of an Inuinnait Parka from the Canadian Museum of Civilization
Old Punk Rockers Never Die, They Just Do Installation Art: A Profile of Artist Mary Anne Barkhouse
Peace and Friendship: Living with the Land
Interviews conducted with Alan Syliboy, Albert Marshall, Michelle Marshall-Johnson, Catherine Anne Martin, Morgan Toney, Gerald Gloade, and Michelle Syliboy.
Pushing the Line: Art without Reservations: Educational Resource
Quillwork
Includes pictures of numerous examples of how quills were used for decorative purposes and instructions for various techniques.
Reconciliation through Revitalization
For use with the article The Big Land, the Kayak and Reconciliation! by Lisa Jane Smith found on page 24 of Remembering the Children.
Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian: Education Resource
Reflections on 20 Years of Aboriginal Art
Robert Houle: enuhmo andúhyaun (the road home)
Sequential INDIANacts: A Survey of Several Performances
Shellwork
Discusses various examples, their purpose and the techniques used to make them.
SSHRC/CURA Resources (North American)
Sustaining Indigenous Culture: The Structure, Activities, and Needs of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums
Taking Action! Art and Aboriginal Youth Leadership for HIV Prevention
Teacher Resource Guide for Grades 9-12: Learn about Family and Intergenerational Knowledge through the Art of Annie Pootoogook
Includes artist biography, learning activities, explanation of her style and technique, image file, and link to book about the artist.