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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 3/4, To Hear the Eagles Cry: Contemporary Themes in Native American Spirituality (Parts 1 & 2), Summer-Autumn, 1996, pp. 329-352
Description
Author uses their personal narrative and experience as a way to describe various elements of the different Indigenous spiritual practices in which they participate.
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.
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 36-43
Description
Author looks at how contemporary artists have incorporated aspects of the dominant culture into their works and transformed such elements to suit their purposes.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, Repatriation: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue, Spring, 1996, pp. 287-296
Description
Tribal Archaeologist in the Cultural Preservation Office of the Hopi Tribe, discusses how the Hopi are using the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act’s consultation mandate to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with archaeologists and physical anthropologists.
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.
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.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 83-91
Description
Looks at Navajo photography from a Navajo’s point of view, both as subject and as photographer.
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 1992, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses the case of Jimmie Durham and the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act that specified what can be represented as Indian art and who is eligible to produce these works.
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (United States) and the artist's response, as illustrated in his art, is that "authenticity" is another concept designed to keep Native Americans enclosed in "their world" through a label imposed by Euro-Americans.
National Arts Centre English Theatre Programme for Student Audiences ; 2009-2010 Season
Saqiyuq: Stories from the Lives of Three Inuit Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pamela Levac
Christopher Morris
Description
Includes synopsis of the play, information of Indigenous peoples of the North, the Inuktitut language, Pond Islet, Baffin Island, and an interview with writer/director,
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 1, Winter, 1992, pp. 53-61
Description
Author works to articulate a strategy for the introduction and study of Indigenous text in the post-secondary classroom. Focuses on identifying a text as an “Indigenous text,” diversity of authors, cultural elements of the texts.