Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
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.
Gerald Vizenor's Transnational Aesthetics in Blue Ravens
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danne Jobin
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
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.
The Great Shimmering
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Hallendy
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
Guidelines for German Museums: Car of Collections from Colonial Contexts
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Wiebke Ahrndt
Hans-Jörg Czech
Jonathan Fine
Larissa Förster
Michael Geißdorf … [et al.]]
Description
Revised version.
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikita Vanderbyl
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
Description
Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
He Whare Hangarau Māori: Language, Culture & Technology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hineitimoana Greensill
Hōri Manuirirangi
Hēmi Whaanga
Te Taka Keegan
Tania M. Ka‘ai … [et al.]
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists: Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlena Myles
Description
For use with exhibition of the same name.
Related material: Interviews with artists.
The Heritage Boom: Evolution of Historical Resource Conservation in Alberta
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Rasmussen
Prairie Forum, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 235-262
Description
Discusses Alberta's heritage conservation accomplishments and the various ways of restoring the past, including museums, heritage parks and archaeological site preservation.
Heritagization of Tamu Music: From Lived Culture to Heritage to be Safe-guarded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pirkko Moisala
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 321-329
Description
Article examines the process and effects of the heritagization of Tamu (Nepal) music; considers some of the dynamics of the cross-cultural relationships between different Indigenous and colonizing groups within Nepal and the push to safeguard intangible culture.
Highlights Report: RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Description
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
Historic and Prehistoric Perceptions: Aboriginal Rock Art in Australia
Alternate Title
Working Papers in Australian Studies ; no. 58
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Layton
Working Papers in Australian Studies
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada’s Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada's Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
A Historical and Interpretive Study of Inuit Drum Dance in the Canadian Central Arctic: The Meaning Expressed in Dance, Culture, and Performance
Theses
Author/Creator
K. Patricia Dewar
Description
Physical Education and Sport Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 1990.
Holman Printmaking
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela R. Skinner
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1990.
How Native American Rappers Communicate and Create a Modern Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Berge
Description
Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication Thesis (M.A.)--James Madison University, 2017.
Analyzes lyrics from AbOriginal by Frank Waln.
Hunted and Honoured: Animal Representations in Precontact Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Southwest Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Mossolova
Rick Knecht
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Claire Houmard
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 107-136
Description
Using archaeological data to better understand the role of animals in precontact Yup'ik communities.
Hustling and Hoaxing: Institutions, Modern Styles, and Yeffe Kimball’s “Native” Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Anne Stolte
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 77-92
Description
Uses the work of the self-proclaimed Osage artist to discuss the way that American culture's definition of "Indianness" allowed her to achieve success but created barriers for other Indigenous female artists.
Identity in Cultural Appropriation: Native American Representations in Euro-American Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kellie Morgan Doran
Description
Focuses on images created by engraver Theodore De Bry, painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographer Edward S. Curtis.
Art Honors Thesis (B.A.), Appalachian State University, 2019.
Iihksiisiinatsiistostiimao Nipaitapiitsiin
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Jessica McMann
Description
Contemporary Arts Project (MA) -- Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Imagining Indigenous Digital Futures: An Afterword
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Raheja
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 172-175
Description
Special issue on digital Indigenous studies represents a collection of essays about the critical work Indigenous women are performing in their various digital projects.
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.]
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
MIcheal Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Kester Dyer ... [et al.]
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.
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.
The Indigenous Arts Archive: Indigenizing the Spencer Museum of Art’s Database
Theses
Author/Creator
Katelyn Trammell
Description
[Museum Studies Project (MMSt)--Kansas University, 2019.]
Indigenous Arts & Stories
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Historica Canada
Description
Website for the art and creative writing competition for Indigenous youth. Includes links to past winners' submissions, guidelines for submissions, information about prizing, and section for teachers.
Indigenous Collections Symposium: Promising Practices, Challenging Issues, Changing the System
Alternate Title
Indigenous Collections Symposium: Proceedings
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Museum Association
Description
Topics discussed were collecting and collections management, and repatriation and initiatives for reconciliation; includes case studies, witness reflections and link to the webinar Museum Perspectives on the Task Force on Museums & First Peoples and the Recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taylor Daigneault
Amy Mazowita
Candida Rifkind
Camille Callison
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer, 2019, pp. i-xxxvi
Description
Focuses on material with self-identified Indigenous creators and publishers published as of March 2019. Divided into anthologies, series, and individual works.
Indigenous Comics Studies Bibliography: Scholarly Journal Articles & Books
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Candida Rifkind
Description
Brief list.
Indigenous Filmmaking at the NFB: An Overview
Alternate Title
Indigenous Film-Making at the National Film Board: An Overview
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Description
Traces evolution of productions from the 1940s to the present day.
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Shekon Neechie
Description
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Indigenous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Indigenous Approach to Canadian Heritage Management and Planning
Theses
Author/Creator
Julia Catherine Marie Stevens
Description
Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2017.
Indigenous Knowledge and Prospects for Income and Employment Generation: The Case of Handicraft Production among Rural Women in Tanzania
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda
Jehovaness Aikaeli
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 76-118
Description
Examines the extent that handicraft products can create income for women in Tanzania; considers issues of seasonal activity, a lack of start-up capital, difficulty obtaining raw materials, and low prices for finished products. Looks at the implications for policy makers wanting to improve the viability of hand crafted products as an income source for rural Tanzanian women.
Indigenous New Media Arts: Narrative Threads and Future Imaginaries
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thea Pitman
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 184-206
Description
Article works to highlight the diversity of the work being done by Indigenous artists from different communities within the new media arts, but also to explore the partnerships, networks, and practices of solidarity developing within and between these communities.
Indigenous Repatriation Handbook
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jisgang Nika Collison
Sdaahl K’awaas Lucy Bell
Lou-ann Neel
Description
A manual to support communities and museums that are in the beginning stages of planning for the return of cultural properties to their home nations in BC and at national and international levels. Includes case study of repatriating Haida ancestral remains.
Indigenous Storytelling: Contesting, Interrupting, and Intervening in the Nation-Building Project Through Historica Canada’s Heritage Minutes
Theses
Author/Creator
Anna Shah Hoque
Description
Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Injichaag: My Soul in Story
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rene Meshake
Inside Out: An Indigenous Community Radio Response to Incarceration in Western Australia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Clint Bracknell
Casey Kickett
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 81-98
Description
Authors examine the ways that the radio show Inside Out helps to connect imprisoned Aboriginal Australians with their families, their communities and each other. Article also discusses the access to Indigenous culture the public radio show provides to non-Indigenous people.
International Perspectives on Inuit Art
Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 15-23
Description
Overview of collecting, research and teaching, and exhibitions in Canada, United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Germany, etc.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Interpreting Native American Art and Culture: Transformations and Changes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary B. Davis
Art Documentation, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1990, pp. 183-186
Description
Discusses Northwest Coast art and wampum, traditional sacred shell beads of the Northeast.
Interpretive Guide & Hands-on Activities: Nitssaakita’paispinnaan: We Are Still in Control
Alternate Title
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travelling Exhibition Program
Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Blackfoot artists Kristy North Peigan, Smith Wright, and Lori Scalplock.Topics include survey of First Nations art in the twentieth century, introduction to Blackfoot history and culture, and artist interviews and biographies.
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.