American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 481-494
Description
Literary criticism article which examines Black Hawk: An Autobiography and argues that in addition to its value as a historical text, it should also be considered as an act of literary resistance against the narratives imposed on Indigenous peoples by mainstream society.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 439-470
Description
Author examines several images contemporary to the 1904 World’s Fair, discusses the way in which Indigenous people were portrayed as "spectacle, commodity and spoil of American conquest;" articulates ways that some Indigenous Leaders both corroborated these portrayals and subverted them.
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Red Readings, December 30, 2018, pp. 63-79
Description
Article engages with the visual art of two different Indigenous women artists, Sarah Sense and Shan Goshorn, and the work it does to challenge colonial narratives and representations of Indigeneity, and Indigenous women by addressing "chasms of misunderstanding and collisions of cultural representation."
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 3, Summer, 1992, pp. 361-372
Description
Author explores the tropes of exoticism contained in Fergusson’s novel Dancing Gods, situates Fergusson’s writing within the genre, and relates it to similar works by other writers within the genre.
Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the way that story shapes our understanding of people and places, and how only having one narrative about a place or a people leads to a stereotypical and incomplete understanding.
Duration: 18:33.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 75-81
Description
Illustrates the new character tropes being developed by Aboriginal Australian writers to challenge the stereotypical representation of Indigenous peoples in detective fiction.
This book was written to give what the author viewed as an accurate description of the two colonies (which would later join to become British Columbia) in opposition to what was being written about the place in the British press of the day. The author gives his opinion that British Columbia is primarily of value due to its gold deposits and holds little promise for agriculture. Chapter V deals with the Aboriginal population of British Columbia and expresses sentiments such as "The Indians must disappear before the March of Civilization." Note: an oversize endnote map has not been scanned.
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 125-140
Description
Introduction to and commentary on the special issue which features extracts from a conference with the same name and articles which focus on the ways that Indigenous peoples represent European people(s), and vice versa, in art.
Black and white portrait of an Indigenous family, consisting of a man, in idealized traditional clothing, a woman in European clothing, a young boy in traditional clothing, and an infant held by the mother.
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A sketch of a steamboat, possibly the Northcote, coming under Metis fire during the Northwest Resistance. The title is apparently erroneous as there was only one relief expedition to Battleford and it neither came under fire or involved river boats.
Video of speech given by professor from the University of Victoria's Indigenous Governance Program. He argues that Aboriginals must regain their authentic cultural identity in order to truly decolonize themselves.
Duration: 01:02:12.
Site contains links to Indigenous historical and contemporary material drawn from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's artifact and archival collections including thousands of photographs.
Hakaru Maruumatu Kwitaka? Seeking Representational Jurisdiction in Comanchería Cinema
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin Tahmahkera
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring, 2018, pp. 100-135
Description
Discusses representations of the Comanche people in both historic and contemporary films and other media; describes ways in which cinematic Comanche (actors and performers) worked to subvert mainstream narratives and portrayals of their people.
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 121-150
Description
Discuss Waln’s use of hip hop as a venue to resist colonially imposed tropes of toxic/hyper masculinity and the indian, and to reestablish authentic Indigenous masculinities and collaboration with Indigenous feminists.
Discusses the work of visual artist Summer Zah; highlights the way in which the artist engages with media stereotypes and representations, and the effects they can have on individual identities as well as on mainstream perceptions of Indigenous peoples.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 117-150
Description
Discusses how the work of these visual artists participates in Indigenous storytelling about the future by engaging with contemporary artistic practices and mainstream popular culture; author examines the way that the artists challenge Western colonial narratives and stereotypes.
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 79-110
Description
The authors explore the ways that the design of two different Indigenous video games compels players to enact survivance, and how that experience of survivance creates a space for teaching and learning about culture and for decolonizing perspectives.