Tonita Pena (Quah Ah), Pueblo Painter: Asserting Identity through Continuity and Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marilee Jantzer-White
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 3, Summer, 1994, pp. 369-382
Description
Examines social & political events and contexts and the media coverage that surrounded the work and career of painter Tonita Peña; considers the production and reception of their work and asks to what extent Peña’s work responded to their audience.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007, p. 23
Description
Brief profile of the businessman who created Historyland, an amusement park in Hayward, Wisconsin, which honours both his Scandinavian heritage and that of the Ojibwe tribe.
Concludes the powerful story of the Haisla and their efforts to repatriate a totem pole after 77 years of being in the Swedish Museum. Accompanying Study Guide.
Duration: 24:04.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, 1994, pp. 1-41
Description
Explores how a number of nineteenth-century paintings perpetuated and/or challenged the culturally dominant ideas of "Orientalism" and "domestic ideology".
Discusses the performances/installations Artifact Piece, Renewal Ceremony and Chapel for Pablo Tac which challenge mainstream society's stereotype of an "authentic" Indian frozen in the past.
Excerpt from thesis.
Develops ethical policies and procedures for First Nations' to present their history and culture in conjunction with cultural institutions.
3rd edition.
Looks at the history of Thanadelthur, a young Dene women who is famous for her involvement in the early Canadian fur trade, linking together the Hudson's Bay Company and northern Dene peoples living west of Hudson's Bay.
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 129, Winter, 2007, pp. 92-95
Description
Reviews various plays including The Trickster of Third Avenue East by Darrell Dennis, Wawatay by Penny Gummerson and Birthright by Constance Lindsay Skinner.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, Our Story, Our Way, Winter, 2007
Description
Discussion of the tapes and films collected by Tony Wise and donated to the Lac Courte Oreilles; sparked the "Audio Visual Production Project" at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College to digitize and edit the material.
Wanuskewin is a world recognized Heritage Park under the leadership and guidance of First Nations people that contributes to increasing public awareness, understanding and appreciation of the cultural legacy of the Northern Plains First Nations people.