Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 1989, p. 42, 44
Description
Discusses the "Coronation Exhibition" of Inuit art mounted in London, England in 1953.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
File contains 14 negatives by the Indian and Metis National Cross Cultural Awareness Symposium (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on April, 28, 1987. The first eleven negatives show First Nations and Metis dancers in traditional garb. The last three show a woman examining a piece of art.
Discusses the long history of the practice of non-Indigenous people appropriating and performing Indigenous cultures.
Chapter from volume four of the Handbook of North American Indians edited by William C. Sturtevant.
Includes brief article, podcast (7:39) discussing the artist's work, and 17 images of paintings from the exhibitions Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian and Fritz Scholder: An Intimate Look.
Proceedings of Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008: 5th International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE)
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Theresa Savage
Everarda Cunningham
Description
Paper from Proceedings of Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2008: 5th International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE)
For Access to Article, Scroll Down to Page 9.
Comments on a study undertaken by Marie Clements, on behalf of the Theatre Section of the Canada Council for the Arts, which reviewed 10 years of financial support for Aboriginal theatre.
Discusses how the artist uses parody in his works by painting in the style of Kane and Catlin but introducing subject matter that challenges the stereotypes they depict.
Interview with artistic director of Saskatchewan Native Theater Company. Program teaches students culture, life skills, career management and preforming arts.
Duration: 13:17.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 2, Summer, 2008, pp. 18-26
Description
Focuses on Annie Pootoogook's depictions of contemporary life and the marketplace's reaction to such unconventional images.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 18.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 11-16
Description
Discusses the artistic production which was initiated as a form of occupational therapy and later became a source of income.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 11.
One female child swinging on tire that is suspended by a chain; facing camera. Second female child standing next to tire. Third child obscured by second child. Caption by Dommasch: "Tuktoyaktuk April 1989".
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 18-27
Description
Attributes the lack of works that deal with the topic to historical White perceptions of sexuality, attitudes of missionaries who ran residential schools, stereotypes of masculinity, and marketplace demands.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 18.
La Restitution du Patrimoine Matériel et Immatériel: Regards Croisés Canada / Mélanésie
Les Cahiers du CIÉRA, no. 2, Octobre 2008
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter Irniq
Description
Brief article describes the process involved in the return of skeletal remains from Denmark to Nunavut.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 293-315
Description
Recognizes Inuit women for attaining a leadership role in the emerging Inuit art movement in terms of "artistic genius, economics, self-determination, traditional decision-making and southern marketing techniques."
Critiques art exhibition mounted to celebrate the creation of new territory of Nunavut in terms of whether it accurately represented the Inuit, or was just a reflection of southern views about their art.
Explores opera which looks at the contradictory forces of social alienation and cultural assimilation that aboriginals faced during the early twentieth century.
La Restitution du Patrimoine Matériel et Immatériel: Regards Croisés Canada / Mélanésie
Les Cahiers du CIÉRA, no. 2, Octobre 2008
E-Books
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Bell
Description
Uses the example of the "Echo Mask" belonging to the Nuxalk of British Columbia to illustrate the problems associated with repatriation.
Entire volume on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system
Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners.
Study Guide.
Literacy More Than Words: Presentations: Literacy for Aboriginal Populations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Council of Ministers of Education
Canada
Description
Contains links to webcasts and presentations on Aboriginal literacy from the Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum 2008: Legacy, which was put on by the Council of Ministers of Education and took place in nine different locations across Canada.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 273-291
Description
Examines the history and culture of the Heiltsuk people through a collection of their art gathered by Reverend Dr. R. W. Large at the turn of the 20th century.
Book review of: The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections edited by Nicolas Peterson, Lindy Allen and Louise Hamby.
Review located by scrolling to page 204.
Essay from: Around and About Marius Bareau: Modelling Twentieth-Century Culture edited by Lynda Jessup, Andrew Nurse and Gorden E. Smith. Discusses Barbeau's ethnographic filmmaking of Aboriginal life from a variety of different perspectives.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2008, p. 1
Description
Describes the surprise honour for his commitment to the community bestowed on John Arcand during a cultural gala and just days before flying to Ottawa to receive the Order of Canada.
Article located on page 1.