American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 13-24
Description
Uses artist Jimmie Durham and the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World to illustrate the issues connected with Indigenous identity. Jimmie Durham is a self-proclaimed Cherokee artist, whose ethnicity has been challenged by the Cherokee Nation.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities, 2019, pp. 25-28
Description
Discussion of the controversy surrounding the identity of artist Jimmie Durham and the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World. Durham's claims to having Cherokee ancestry are denied by the Cherokee Nation. Author argues that by displaying Durham's works the art establishment may be seen to be substantiating his claims and invalidating tribes' sovereignty over citizenship.
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.
Arts and Sciences Graduate School Thesis (Ph.D.)---Columbia University, 2001.
Presents analytical review of artistic works including those of James Lavadour, Kay WalkingStick and Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 209-23
Description
Discusses artists who are reclaiming rock art as part of their own history and "re-inventing" the art form. Includes artists such as: Joanne Cardinal-Schubert, the late Norval Morrisseau, and Ahmoo Angeconeb.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Spring, 2001, pp. 4-16
Description
Comments and profiles a group of artists who attend a printmaking workshop and presents journal kept by one of the artists. Includes Victoria Grey, Maggie Kiatainaq, Jusi Sivuarapik, Samwillie Nutaraluk, and Elijah Palliser.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 25, no. 2, 2001, pp. 37-61
Description
Examines the work of Frederick Alexie (Frederick Alexcee), a Tsimshian carver and painter and Mathias Joe, a Squamish carver, during the assimilation policy period of 1867-1951 in British Columbia.