Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art
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Nancy Marie Mithlo
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Comments on an exhibit showcasing four Native American women artists.
Chapter from Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art edited by Gerald McMaster.
Exhibition mounted at the Canadian Museum of Civilization from October 17, 1996-May 19, 1997 focuses on excavated Dorset artworks, amulets and objects carved mainly from antler and ivory.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 43-45
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Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, November 14, 1996 to September 28, 1997.
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 17, no. 2, 1997, pp. 355-356
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Review of the art exhibition: Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams curated by Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland and held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, November 1996 to September 1997 provides some insights into the Tuniit people.
Website makes accessible 570 objects, 2600 written documents, 500 black and white photographs and 8 sound recordings from the Shotridge collection featuring southeastern Alaskan Native history and culture.
Collection of photographs depicting individuals from the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana and some scenes from Glacier National Park (U.S.) during the early twentieth century. Images included were digitized from photographic negatives.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 3, Making Art in Nunavik, Fall, 1998, pp. 4-17
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Comments on historical highlights including the role missionaries and employees of the Hudson's Bay Company played in the development of carving.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 4.
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 344-364
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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. 21, no. 3, Summer, 1997, pp. 409-422
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Author examines different frameworks and themes related to mixed ethnicities/identities and considers how these factors might motivate an author to create mixed characters.
Theatre Research in Canada, vol. 31, no. 2, 2010, pp. 193-207
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Discusses a play centered around an orphaned First Nations girl, Forever, who runs away from residential school and finds shelter in an abandoned boat.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, 1997, pp. 163-181
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Provides an historical overview of the history of collection, display, and interpretation of material culture in museums. The article also summarizes contemporary opinions of California Aboriginal peoples on museum activities.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 1997, pp. 46-48
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Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, April 19 to September 7, 1997.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 46.