Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
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Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
"This essay examines the legacy of colonialism in museums and, in combination with social digitization trends, its impact on current museum attendance trends".
Honors paper towards undergraduate degree in History and Geography--Texas Christian University, 2014.
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. i-xii
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Introduction to a special themed issue on the connections and relationships between art, activism, resurgence, and resistance and how Indigenous artistic creation is connected to history, land, and community.
A photograph of the government's surveyors corps of scouts during the 1885 uprising, probably taken at Qu'Appelle prior to Middleton's march north. The men appear to be armed with lever action repeating rifles and pistols.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 47-59
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Argues that the elaborately decorated items of clothing made by the Métis were not for their own use and had no relevance to their culture; instead they were created as commodities to be sold to Europeans.
Image of Captain John French, killed at Batoche. On back of photo: "An old French halfbreed, named Ross, was standing at the corner of a house nearly opposite Batoche's house, and fired the fatal shot, then made a run for cover, but paid the penalty for shooting French just before reading it."
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 7-9
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Former artistic adviser to Sanavik Co-operative discusses how contact with the shamanic aspect of Inuit culture prompted him to explore themes of death and rebirth in his work.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Discusses how Oscar Howe has created a liner abstract design concept that utilizes the formal elements of line, color and space to bridge the gap between traditional Indian values and the world of contemporary art.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 2, Spring/Summer, 2014, pp. 36-44
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Alphabetical listing of organizations including brief description, mailing address and web address.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 1, no. 2, Fall, 2014, pp. 89-104
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Comments on the "chain of symbolic associations between the Indigenous, in particular the Choctaw, and Lennon and The Beatles that extends across much of the novel".
[Sending Houston North, HBC and Handicrafts Guild Letters]
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Virginia Watt
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 4, Fall 1987, pp. 18-20
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Excerpts from correspondence between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Canadian Handicrafts Guild regarding sending James Houston to Port Harrison to purchase art for resale in the south.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring, 1987, pp. 17-18
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Highlights several press clippings commenting on Inuit art. Continued in vol. 2, no. 3).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 20-21
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Highlights several more press clippings commenting on Inuit art (article began in vol. 2, no. 2).
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.