Side view of Inuk man with hand up to face; two ships in background. "Caption by Dommasch: "BeauDril 40 km off shore, Arctic Ocean, 24 hour watch polar bear monitor". [Near Tuktoyaktuk, NWT.]
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 49-75
Description
Looks at the connection between images and stories in the documentary and exposes the politics associated with American Indian filmmaking.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 49.
The Beaver, vol. 90, no. 1, February/March 2010, p. 16
Description
Looks at the disappointment felt by the artist, Mildred Valley Thornton, when the Government of Canada refused to buy her collection of paintings in its entirety.
File contains 19 negatives of Pow Wow dancers at Indian Pow-Wow Parade and Pow Wow Princesses Aug15-90. The negatives are all outdoor pictures of dancerns in traditional garb.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter, 1989, pp. 12-16
Description
Highlights issues discussed at the Preserving Our Heritage: A Working Conference for Museums and First Peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
Description
Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.
The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop
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Author/Creator
Massimiliano Carocci
Description
Looks at the place of women and two-spirited individuals in the powwow culture.
Chapter from The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt.
Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema
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Author/Creator
Steven Edmund Winduo
Description
Discusses how scholars use tradition to view culture, society and events.
Chapter four from Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema a symposium held in Honolulu, September, 2010.
Question and answer period with the artist who combines Haida artist conventions with Japanese animation and Chinese brush-painting techniques to tell traditional stories.
Duration: 46:15.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 743-763
Description
States that the degree of Indigenous knowledge that is incorporated into the exhibit content is crucial. Also, how research questions are chosen is key as well.