Collection of photographs depicting individuals from the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana and some scenes from Glacier National Park (U.S.) during the early twentieth century. Images included were digitized from photographic negatives.
World Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, October 1, 1999, pp. 288-302
Description
Explores the origin and includes photographs of the decorated "octopus" bag and the complex differences in its meaning as it changed hands and moved from one culture to another over a period of time.
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 344-364
Description
Examines traditional Indigenous art-making practices, exploring a complex range of issues extending beyond those of gender into the realm of Indigenous cultural history.
File contains a negative of the 1971 Saskatchewan Indian Women "Mother of the Year" (unnamed), presumably taken in Prince Albert, SK. The scanned image shows Mother of the Year having her hand shaken by what is presumably an official from the Women's organization.
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 193-207
Description
Discusses a play centered around an orphaned First Nations girl, Forever, who runs away from residential school and finds shelter in an abandoned boat.
Website includes material addressing Native issues and links to art gallery samples, online and print resources, Indian Affairs annual reports, audio and video collections, etc.
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism , vol. 14, no. 1, Fall, 1999, pp. 109-116
Description
Discusses common thematic threads in plays contained within the collection: tensions between the traditional and contemporary, inter-generational relationships, exploration of historical figures and traditional legends, and embodied animals and spirits.
Focuses on detective narratives. Discusses Street Wolf by Mark Wayne Harris and Dennis Francis, Skinwalker by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir, and Scalped by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guéra.
"A Celebration of Native Women Playwrights", Conference at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, March 20, 1999
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mimi Gisolfi D'Aponte
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, vol. 14, no. 1, Fall, 1999, pp. 99-108
Description
Keynote address by the editor of the anthology Seventh Generation: An Anthology of Native American Plays comments on the special place occupied by these playwrights.