Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Irene J. Winter
Art Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 103-107
Description
Book review of: The Return of Culture Treasures by Jeanette Greenfield.
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.
Decolonizing Curricular Resources: A Bibliography for Teaching and Learning Native American and Indigenous Studies in New England
Alternate Title
Decolonising Curricular Resources: A Bibliography for Teaching and Learning Native American and Indigenous Studies in New England
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Decolonizing Curricula Working Group]
Description
Resources categorized by grade level and subject matter.
Desert Crafts: Anangu Maruku Punu
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
John Rudder
Aboriginal History, vol. 17, 1993, pp. 163-164
Description
Book review of: Desert Crafts by Jennifer Isaacs.
Review located by scrolling to page 163.
The Desire to Crunch Bone: Daniel David Moses and the "True Real Indian"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Appleford
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 77, Winter, 1993, pp. 21-26
Description
Looks at the issue of "Indianness," perceptions of what is appropriate portrayal, and how a portrayal is received or understood by audiences.
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.
Dreaming of Double Woman: The Ambivalent Role of the Female Artist in North American Indian Myth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 31-43
Description
Discusses the role of women as artists by examining 150 years of Native American myths and folklore.
Dressing Under Pressure: Métis in kistapinânihk, 1862-1900
Theses
Author/Creator
Lindsay Megan Sorell
Description
Media and Cultural Studies Thesis (MA) -- University of Alberta, 2021.
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.
Echoes of a Proud Nation: Reading Kahnawake's Powwow as a Post-Oka Text
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valda Blundell
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [333-350]
Description
Argues that powwows provide the opportunity to display a rich legacy of signifying materials, that can be modified for the changing political winds in Canada.
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.
Ethnography and Communication: Approaches to Aboriginal Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marian Bredin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [297-313]
Description
Assessment of anthropological analyses of "culture" and the use of ethnography in aboriginal media; concludes with a reading of pertinent studies in the field of exposure and use of mass media by indigenous peoples.
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.
Exploding Canons: The Anthropology of Museums
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Laura Jones
Annual Review Anthropology, vol. 22, October 1993, pp. 201-220
Description
Examines new concerns and controversies surrounding the handling of material culture in museums.
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.
Exploring Autism and Music Interventions through a First Nations Lens
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Lindblom
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 202-209
Description
Discusses results of study conducted with five children in British Columbia.
Exploring International Repatriation between U.S. Museums and First Nations in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Elizabeth G. Wessells
Description
Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017.
Three cases studies: Burke Museum and the Stó:lō Nation; the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Siksika Nation; and the Field Museum and the Haida Nation.
Exploring the Relocation Experiences of Female Indigenous Youth in Foster Care through Storywork
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Inkster
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
"Faces We Remember": Assessing Visual Memory Depth among the Yupik of Chukotka and St. Lawrence Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Igor Krupnik
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 63-91
Description
Examines the visual memories of Yupik and Chukotka elders based on historical photographs and the importance of physical visual collections.
First Nations COVID-19 Performing Arts Wellbeing Survey: Summary of Findings
Documents & Presentations
Description
Brief description of results about area of practice, impact of the pandemic on finances and well-being, future plans and avenues of support.
Floyd Flavel: "They Thought Ahead Seven Generations"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Greg Doran
Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 18, no. 1, 1993, p. [?]
Description
Interview with the prominent actor, director, playwright and former Artistic Director of Native Earth Performing Arts.
Fluffs and Feathers: An Exhibit on the Symbols of Indianness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Geller
Manitoba History, no. 26, Autumn, 1993, p. [?]
Description
Commentary on an exhibition mounted at the Manitoba Museum of Man, July 1-October 3, 1993.
Framing the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Colin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 8
Description
Editor's introductory article to issue comments on the exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800s by photographers looking to capture, "cowboys and Indians".
"Free Your Mind," from the Series Crazymaking (2007)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, p. 5
Description
Brief statement by cover artist and description of her work as a curator.
From Breath to Beadwork: Lessons Learned From a Trauma- Informed Yoga Series With Indigenous Adolescent Girls Under Youth Protection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica W. G. Barudin
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 21-37
Description
Examines the use of culture with yoga and meditation as means to help at-risk Indigenous youth.
From Health Worker to Health Worker across Australia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Susan Abbott Napanmga
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 1, January/February 1993, p. 5
Description
Health workers use painting stories in a traditional way to educate Aboriginal people about health issues.
from Swift Cinder
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Crisosto Apache
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 150-160
Description
Excerpt from the book-length poem Swift Cinder which examines memory and the act of memory making through the metaphor of collision.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
The Functions of Art in Four North American Indian Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Melissa Ann Turner
Description
Honors Thesis (B.?.)--Ball State University, 1993.
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
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.
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.
George Swinton's new Sculpture of the Inuit
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Millard
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring, 1993, pp. 35-40
Description
Comments on third version of Swinton's book formerly called Eskimo Sculpture and Sculpture of the Eskimo.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 35.
Gerald Vizenor: Compassionate Trickster
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 2, Series 2: Special Issue, Summer, 1993, pp. 39-45
Description
Looks at various works by Gerald Vizenor, and his vision and dream to restore tribal values.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.
Graffiti to Graphics: Streetwize Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Poster Project
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Anita Heiss
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, September/October 1993, pp. 22-23
Description
Streetwize conducted a series of visual art workshops with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to make posters on HIV/AIDS that would be meaningful to Aboriginal youth.
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.
Group of Six Coloring & Activity Book
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jaxon Anderson
Daelynn Doxtater
Emily Pitts
Sydnie Thomas
Frankie Warner ... [et al.]
Description
Artwork designed by youth artists from the Six Nations, Grand River Territory.
"Haida Ida": The Musical World of Ida Halpern
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas Cole
Christine Mullins
BC Studies, no. 97, Cultural History in British Columbia, Spring, 1993, pp. 3-37
Description
Looks at the singer's life and northwest coastal Native Indian music especially the Kwakiutl and Nootka.
Halfact
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Diane Glancy
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 1, Series 2, Spring, 1993, pp. 76-87
Description
Presents a short play about language and imagination.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
‘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.
Harold of Orange: A Screenplay
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald Vizenor
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 5, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1993, pp. 53-88
Description
Presents a screenplay by Gerald Vizenor that focuses on Harold and the Warriors of Orange, descendants of the great trickster.
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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.]