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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 4, July 2017, pp. 7-20
Description
Discusses the worth of these rare and valuable dresses.
2 Eskimo Children
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Two Inuit children posing outdoors for camera.
[3 Plays: If Jesus Met Nanabush; The Tommy Prince Story; Born Buffalo]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 2, Summer, 2017, pp. 101-104
Description
Book review of: 3 Plays by Alanis King.
Alikasuar, a Hudson's Bay Employee
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard
Description
Alikasuar posing for camera, wearing parka and toque and smoking a pipe; Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
Approaching Anxiety: Reading Eden Robinson in an Era of Reconciliation
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Mclean Skrynsky
Description
English Language and Literature Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2017.
Archival Photographs in Perspective: Indian Residential School Images of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
Description
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
Bandolier Bag
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Amelia Fay
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, p. 20
Description
Brief article contains illustration and description of wearable art made by Indigenous groups in the Eastern Woodlands/Great Lakes area.
Barry Pottle's Photography Explores Inuit Objectification by ID Tags
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Adams
Globe and Mail, March 24, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Looks at the Awareness Series by Barry Pottle about the identification tag system implemented by the Canadian government.
"Basket Becomes Codex: A Poem by Trevino Brings Plenty in the Portland Art Museum"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karen M. Poremski
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 53-78
Description
Essay discusses Trevino Brings Plenty’s poem "Little, Cultural, Teapot Curio Exposes People" and its relationship to the object it is about, the museum that holds the object, and the social and cultural issue surrounding Indigenous materials in colonial museums.
Beads: Symbols of Indigenous Cultural Resilience and Value
Theses
Author/Creator
Malinda Joy Gray
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2017.
Beatty, Joan
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains three photographs of Joan Beatty from the early 1970s.
Historical note:
Joan Beatty was the first Aboriginal woman elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature. Prior to this Beatty had a career in journalism and production, as well as management at SaskTel.Being Métis in Canada: An Unsettled Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Sinead O'Sullivan
Description
Social Science Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Manchester, 2017.
Beyond a Number: Inuit Photo Exhibit Brings Controversial 'Eskimo' I.D. System to Light
Alternate Title
Day 6 ; episode 348, July 28, 2017
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Barry Pottle
[Jelena Adzic]
Description
Podcast of Interview with artist about his exhibition Awareness Series which focuses on the government's policy of issuing numbered disks to Inuit rather than referring to them by name.
Duration: 6:54.
Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park and Siksika Nation
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erin Bragg
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of the largest Aboriginal owned and operated tourist attraction in Canada.
"But They Were Never Only the Master's Tools": The Use of Photography in De-colonial Praxis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celeste Pedri-Spade
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 106-113
Description
Looks at role of photography in decolonization through archived collections and its use by contemporary Indigenous peoples.
Carvings by Pierre Karliig
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Two different angles of carvings. On information card: Carvings executed by Pierre Karliig for the Acquatare Oil Co. in Calgary Alta. Picture taken at the Craft Shop in Rankin Inlet.
Ceramic Panel Mosaic
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
A ceramic panel mosaic in the Arts & Crafts Shop at Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].
César's Bark Canoe
Alternate Title
César et son Canot d'écorce
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bernard Gosselin
Description
Film about César Newashish, Attikamek of the Communauté Atikamekw De Manawan, who builds a canoe in the traditional or old way, using only birch bark, cedar splints, spruce roots and gum.
Duration: 96:00
Christmas at Moose Factory
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Alanis Obomsawin
Description
Short film, composed entirely of children's drawings, illustrates life at Christmas time in an old settlement on the shore of James Bay.
Duration: 13:08.
Cinematic Representation of American Indians: A Critical Cultural Analysis of a Contemporary American Indian-Directed Film
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawna Holiday-Shchedrov
Description
[Department of Film and Media Studies]Thesis (Ph.D)--Arizona State University, 2017.
Focuses Sydney Freeland's Drunktown's Finest.
Coming to You From the Indigenous Future: Native Women, Speculative Film Shorts, and the Art of the Possible
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Danika Medak-Saltzman
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 139-171
Description
Comments on three projects which represent the power of imagining and bringing into existence alternative realities and alternative futures.
The Concept of Duality in Culture and Myths of Lakota Indians
Theses
Author/Creator
Klára Perlíková
Description
[Ethnology] Thesis (Ph.D)--Univerzita Karlova [Charles University], 2017
Contemporary Art Curating and Its Long Christian Shadow
Theses
Author/Creator
Elisha Lim
Description
Criticism and Curatorial Practice Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ontario College of Art and Design University, 2017.
The Cosmological Liveliness of Terril Calder's The Lodge: Animating Our Relations and Unsettling Our Cinematic Spaces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Salma Monani
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 1-28
Description
Examines Calder’s stop-frame animated feature film in the context of animation, ecocinema, and Indigenous studies; focuses on theme of hybridity and métissage.
Coyote's Way: Missy Whiteman's Indigenous New Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angelica Lawson
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 100-115
Description
Looks at a female Native American filmmaker who is reaching Native American youth through film.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Contemporary Inuit Drawing
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Campbell
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2017.
Cree Language Resources: An Annotated Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lawrence Barkwell
Norman Fleury
Description
Material on: culture, history, mythology and language as well as separate sections for scholarly articles and theses.children's books, films, internet resources, music, recordings, curriculum materials, and textbooks.
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Last of the Buffalo
Author/Creator
McQuillen Studios
Description
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
Crow Style Bridle Ornament
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lewis Richards
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 28-29
Description
Describes the construction of the ornament made for a special horse who returned to St. Stephens Mission on his own volition.
Cultural imPRINT: A History of Northwest Coast Native and First Nations Prints
Theses
Author/Creator
India Rael Young
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Includes biographies of Robert Davidson, Roy Henry Vickers, Marvin Oliver, and Susan Point.
Custodians of the Past: Archaeology and Indigenous Best Practices in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
April Chabot
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2017.
Dance With Us As You Can ... : Art, Artist, and Witness(ing) in Canada's Truth nd Reconciliation Journey
Theses
Author/Creator
Jonathan Robert Dewar
Description
Indigenous and Canadian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.
Deaconess Winifred Hilliard and the Cultural Brokerage of the Ernabella Craft Room
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana J. B. Young
Aboriginal History Journal, vol. 41, 2017, pp. 71-94
Description
Discusses the Presbyterian missionary's time with the Anangu, her role as both an art and intercultural broker, and her book, The People In Between: The Pitjantjatjara Peoples of Ernabella.
Debating Cultural Appropriation
Alternate Title
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Teachrock
Description
Lesson plan focuses on what cultural appropriation is, how it affects Indigenous peoples and whether it should be regulated by law.
Accompanying Material: Student Version.
Developed in conjunction with the documentary Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World.
Decolonization through Collaborative Filmmaking: Sharing Stories from the Heart
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Carlson
Gladys Rowe
Teddy Zegeye-Gebrehiwot
Sarah Story
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. [23]-49
Description
Explores collective documentary filmmaking as an instrument of decolonizing storytelling, describes the consensus-based work of a diverse group including both Indigenous and settler artists involved in the Stories of Decolonization project's first short film Stories of Decolonization: Land Dispossession and Settlement.
Demolition of Old Buildings at Student Residence
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains four negatives showing the demolition of the old buildings at the Aboriginal Student Residence in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on October 1, 1971. Scanned negatives hows an image of one of the buildings, partially demolished.
The Digital Biography of Things: A Canadian Case Study in Digital Repatriation
Alternate Title
Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017
Sapere l’Europa. Sapere d’Europa ; 4
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Emanuela Rossi
Description
Describes the database created by The Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC).
Chapter from Cultural Heritage: Scenarios 2015-2017 edited by Simona Pinton and Lauso Zagato.
Disposable Red Woman: Guerrilla Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Destin RunningRabitt
Iman Bukhari
Description
Guerrilla art display was placed on various streets in Calgary with the hope of evoking empathy and a sense of urgency in society to intervene with this injustice. Artists filmed the public's reactions.
Duration: 4:55.
Early 19th Century Men's Southeast Moccasins in the Creek Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 6-12
Description
Looks at Creek culture and craft.
Edgar Heap of Birds
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica Landau
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 96-97
Description
Book review of Edgar Heap of Birds by Bill Anthes.
Eskimo Art is For Kabloona
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Bell
Arctic, vol. 24, no. 3, September 1971, pp. 154-156
Description
Looks at the artist Oonark.
Eskimo Carving in Craft Shop
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
An Inuit carving in Rankin Inlet's Craft Shop.
Eskimo Children
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Four Inuit children in the snow, posing for camera.
Eskimo Girl
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Close-up of Inuk girl in Rankin Inlet; outdoor scene.
Eskimo Housing
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
W.O. Kupsch (photographer)
Description
Inuit (prefabricated) housing in Rankin Inlet, N.W.T. [NU].
Eskimo Housing
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
W.O. Kupsch (photographer)
Description
Image of prefabricated houses for residents of Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
Eskimo Housing
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
W.O. Kupsch (photographer)
Description
Inuit (prefabricated) housing in Rankin Inlet, N.W.T.
Eskimos in Umiak at Port Epivorth [Epworth]
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of group of Inuit in an umiak at Port Epivorth (spelling taken from information card). Should be [Epworth, NU].
Historical note:
An umiak is an Inuit skin boat.Expanding Interpretations of Native American Women's History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kiara M. Vigil
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 131-144
Description
Review essay of:
Red Bird, Red Power: The Life and Legacy of Zitkala-Sa by Tadeusz Lewandowski.
A Warrior of the People: The Indomitable Courage of Susan la Flesche - America's First Indian Doctor by Joe Starita.
Medicine Woman directed by Christine Lesiak and Princella RedCorn.
American Indian Women by Patrick Deval and translated by Jan-Marie Todd.
An Exploration of Crime Prevention Among Indigenous Youth Who Utilize the Services of the Saskatoon Youth Arts Programming (SCYAP)
Theses
Author/Creator
Christopher Takyi
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2017.