Gambling on Authenticity: Gaming, the Noble Savage, and the Not-So-New Indian
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Scott Andrews
Becca Gercken
Jim Donomie
Heid E. Erdrich
Julie Pelletier
American Indian Studies Series
The Gathering of the Clans: Understanding Ancestral Hopi Migration and Identity, A.D. 1275-1400
Theses
Author/Creator
Wesley Bernardini
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2002.
Generating and Sustaining Positive Spaces: Reflections on an Indigenous Youth Urban Arts Program
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julian Robbins
Warren Linds
Benjamin Ironstand
Erin Goodpipe
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 3, Special Issue: Fostering Cultural Safety Across Contexts, September 2017, pp. 161-169
Description
Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.
Geology of National Parks, 3D and Photographic Tours: American Indians of the Southwest, 1871-1875
Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
U.S. Department of the Interior
Description
Websites includes photographs of American Indians posing in Aboriginal dress or activities during the U.S. Geological and Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian and the Powell Survey of the Colorado River Canyons.
Geometry of Native American Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Parr
Description
Discusses the similarities between geometric patterns and symbols in Native American Indian artwork.
George Catlin and His Indian Gallery – Classroom Activities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Education Office
Description
Focuses on portraits of Indigenous subjects painted by George Catlin, who traveled the United States during the 1830s to capture images of the "vanishing race". Includes general historical background, extracts from primary sources, and exercises and discussion questions.
Gerald Vizenor and Harold of Orange: From Word Cinemas to Real Cinema
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Silberman
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 5-21
Description
Describes Chippewa writer Gerald Vizenor's move from author to screenplay writer with his film Harold of Orange, which bears obvious imprints of his interests, attitudes and style.
Gerald Vizenor: Compassionate Trickster
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1985, pp. 67-73
Description
Reviews the work and achievements of the Ojibwe author in poetry, prose and drama which examine the interrelationship between the "tribal and non-tribal worlds" through a satirical lens.
Gerald Vizenor's Transnational Aesthetics in Blue Ravens
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Danne Jobin
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 33-55
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author explores Vizenor’s use of trickster tropes and transnational narrative to explore different expressions of Indigenous identity and how it adapts to and is affected by sites solidarity and sovereignty.
Glimpsing Our Past: An Archival Photo Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nadine Charabin
Paula Daigle
Andy Miller
Saskatchewan History, vol. 69, no. 1, Winter, 2017-2018, pp. 5-7
Description
Describes a project undertaken collaboratively by First Nations University (FNU) in Regina, the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan (PAS), and the Pasqua First Nation, to research and provide better descriptive information for a number of photos of First Nations people in the FNU library.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 5.
Governor of the Dew by Floyd Favel and The Velvet Devil by Andrea Menard: Study Guide
Alternate Title
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programmes for Student Audiences
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah James
Description
Guide includes: synopses, production who's who, forms and facts, interviews with playwright/performers, themes, set design and extension activities.
Grabill Collection
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
John C. H. Grabill
Description
Digital collection of 188 photographs taken between 1887-1892 by John C. H. Grabill.
Grand Hall - [Pacific Coast Aboriginal Culture]
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
Andrea Laforet
Nancy Ruddell
George MacDonald
Harry Foster
Steven Darby
Stephen Alsford
Description
Exhibit showing houses from six Pacific coast First Nations, focusing on traditional culture and contemporary issues.
The Great Shimmering
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Norman Hallendy
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
The Great Winter Dance
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patrick Finley-Bragg Marich
Lynn E. Bragg
Description
Primarily the story Lake Tribe's Song of Today. Suitable for use with elementary school students.
Guidelines for German Museums: Car of Collections from Colonial Contexts
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Wiebke Ahrndt
Hans-Jörg Czech
Jonathan Fine
Larissa Förster
Michael Geißdorf … [et al.]]
Description
Revised version.
The Gwich'in Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project: Repatriating Traditional Knowledge and Skills
Alternate Title
The Gwichin Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project: Repatriating Traditional Knowledge and Skills
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ingrid Kritsch
Karen Wright-Fraser
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 205-210
Description
Regaining ways and understandings by a group of northern Athapaskans through creating replica 19th century hide clothing.
Hanay Geiogamah, Kiowa-Delaware Playwright: A Critical Biography
Theses
Author/Creator
Andrew Paul Vassar
Description
[Theater] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arkansas, 2002.
Hand Crafted: Creating a Market for Canada's Northwest Coast Native Arts and Crafts
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Heyman Tepper
Description
Museum Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Leicester, 2002.
‘The happiest time of my life …’: Emotive Visitor Books and Early Mission Tourism to Victoria’s Aboriginal Reserves
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nikita Vanderbyl
Aboriginal History, vol. 41, December 2017, pp. 95-120
Description
Article looks at mission guest books from Indigenous reservations in Victoria, Australia in order to examine the mind set and fixations of visitors participating in mission tourism in the region.
He Whare Hangarau Māori: Language, Culture & Technology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Hineitimoana Greensill
Hōri Manuirirangi
Hēmi Whaanga
Te Taka Keegan
Tania M. Ka‘ai … [et al.]
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists: Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlena Myles
Description
For use with exhibition of the same name.
Related material: Interviews with artists.
Heritagization of Tamu Music: From Lived Culture to Heritage to be Safe-guarded
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pirkko Moisala
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 321-329
Description
Article examines the process and effects of the heritagization of Tamu (Nepal) music; considers some of the dynamics of the cross-cultural relationships between different Indigenous and colonizing groups within Nepal and the push to safeguard intangible culture.
Highlights Report: RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Description
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada’s Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada's Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Hoop of Many Hoops: The Integration of Lakota Ancestral Knowledge and Baha'i Teachings in the Performative Practices of Kevin Locke
Theses
Author/Creator
Pauline Isabel Marie Tuttle
Description
Ethnomusicology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2002.
`Hostiles': The Lakota Ghost Dance and the 1891-92
Tour of Britain by Buffalo Bill's Wild West [Two volumes]
Theses
Author/Creator
Sam Ann Maddra
Description
Modern History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Glasgow, 2002
How Native American Rappers Communicate and Create a Modern Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Berge
Description
Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication Thesis (M.A.)--James Madison University, 2017.
Analyzes lyrics from AbOriginal by Frank Waln.
How the Fiddle Flows
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gregory Coyes
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Streaming Fiddles Media
Description
Discusses how the fiddle and music relate to Metis history and culture. Narrated by Tantoo Cardinal. Duration: 48:03.
Hunted and Honoured: Animal Representations in Precontact Masks from the Nunalleq Site, Southwest Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Mossolova
Rick Knecht
Edouard Masson-MacLean
Claire Houmard
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 43, no. 1/2, The Past in the Yup’ik Present: Archaeologies of Climate Change in Western Alaska, 2019, pp. 107-136
Description
Using archaeological data to better understand the role of animals in precontact Yup'ik communities.
Hustling and Hoaxing: Institutions, Modern Styles, and Yeffe Kimball’s “Native” Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Anne Stolte
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 77-92
Description
Uses the work of the self-proclaimed Osage artist to discuss the way that American culture's definition of "Indianness" allowed her to achieve success but created barriers for other Indigenous female artists.
I Dream of Yesterday and Tomorrow: A Celebration of the James Bay Cree
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Boult
Brian Craik
Jennifer Latham
Andrew Orkin
Boyce Richardson
Geoff Quaile
Andrew Webster
Identity in Cultural Appropriation: Native American Representations in Euro-American Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kellie Morgan Doran
Description
Focuses on images created by engraver Theodore De Bry, painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographer Edward S. Curtis.
Art Honors Thesis (B.A.), Appalachian State University, 2019.
Iihksiisiinatsiistostiimao Nipaitapiitsiin
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Jessica McMann
Description
Contemporary Arts Project (MA) -- Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Images of Power and the Power of Images: Iconography of Stelae as an Indicator of Socio-Political Events in the Early Classic Maya Lowlands
Theses
Author/Creator
James Julian Borowicz
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New York at Buffalo, 2002
imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
imagineNATIVE
Description
Folder contains a booklet from the imagineNATIVE Film and Video Screening and Distribution tour, and one from the imagineNATIVE Media Arts Festival, 2002.
Imagining Indigenous Digital Futures: An Afterword
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Raheja
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 172-175
Description
Special issue on digital Indigenous studies represents a collection of essays about the critical work Indigenous women are performing in their various digital projects.
"Imitation White Man": Images of Transformation at the Carlisle Indian School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lonna M. Malmsheimer
Studies in Visual Communication, vol. 11, no. 4, Fall, 1985, pp. 54-75
Description
Using photographs from the Carlisle Indian boarding school to examine the historical value of photographs as both visual artifacts and constructed ideals the same as the written word.
Improving Visual Arts Programs for Navajo Students Through Discipline-Based Art Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Roberto Randall Beeshligaiiyitsidi
Description
Arts Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1985.
In/consequential Relationships: Refusing Colonial Ethics of Engagement in Yuxweluptun’s Inherent Rights, Vision Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah King
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, pp. 187-192
Description
Reviews artist's virtual reality installation from the exhibit Unceded Territories.
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Faye Ginsburg … [et al.]
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
MIcheal Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Kester Dyer ... [et al.]
Independent Aboriginal Filmmakers Organize
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 4, August 2002, p. 17
Description
Outlines the various problems encountered in forming the Aboriginal filmmakers group.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Princess Crowned Elizabeth Stonesand
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 7 negatives from the crowning of Elizabeth Stonesand as Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Princess on April 20, 1985. Seven scanned images show Stonesand recieving her title.
Indian Artist: Eddy Poitras
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deanna Wuttunee
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, July 1985, p. 47
Description
Describes career of a Regina artist who graduated from the Art Program at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College (SICC).
Indian Photographs: Amelia Frost and the Presbyterian Mission
Alternate Title
Benedicte Wrensted: An Idaho Photographer in Focus
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian Institution
[Joanna Cohan Scherer
Jim Kochert]
Description
Presents photographs from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in 1887 during the Presbyterian Mission.
Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee Member
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains one negative showing an assembled group of delegates at an Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee meeting, presumably in Prince Albert, SK, on May 22, 1985.
Indian Youth Heritage Days Conference
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 2 negatives of a panel discussion group from the Indian Youth Heritage Days conference (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on July 3, 1985.