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.
World Archaeology, vol. 31, no. 2, October 1, 1999, pp. 288-302
Description
Explores the origin and includes photographs of the decorated "octopus" bag and the complex differences in its meaning as it changed hands and moved from one culture to another over a period of time.
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.
Cultural Dynamics, vol. 16, no. 1, 2004, pp. 29-69
Description
Looks at the construction of an Aboriginal or Indigenous public world which includes images, ideas and practices from the late 19th century to the present.
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.