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
Gendered Construction of the American Indian in Popular Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Elizabeth Bird
Journal of Communication, vol. 49, no. 3, September 1999, pp. 61-83
Description
Overview of the depictions of Aboriginal men and women from historical origins to contemporary media portrayals.
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: American Indian Portraits
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 4, December-January 2012, p. 16
Description
Brief exhibition review.
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 Ceepeekous: Dancer
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 29, no. 2, Powwow Issue, 1999, pp. 3, 6-7, 15, 17, 19, 22, 2
Description
Reflections of a powwow Prairie Chicken Dancer.
Ghost Dances and Identity: Prophetic Religion and American Indian Ethnogenesis in the Nineteenth Century
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dawn Karima Pettigrew
Whispering Wind, vol. 41, no. 1, Issue 281, April 2012, p. 30
Description
Book review of: Ghost Dances and Identity by Gregory E. Smoak.
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.
The Great Mountain: Study Guide
Alternate Title
Jumping Mouse
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Long
Karen Gilodo
Lois Adamson
Tracey Power
Description
Includes curriculum connections, interview with playwright, and pre- and post-show questions and activities. Play is retelling of the story Jumping Mouse.
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.
Guiding Your Talent with Beliefs: Profile of Tina Marie Arcand
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 29, no. 2, Powwow Issue, 1999, p. 28
Description
Biography of the artist from Muskeg Lake First Nation.
‘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.
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.]
Heather Igloliorte
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathan Dewar
Heather Igloliorte
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 56-67
Description
Interview with an Inuk artist, writer and curator from Labrador.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 56.
Helen's Quilt as Autobiographical, Social, and Political Text in Thomas King's Truth and Bright Water
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deborah Weagel
Mosaic, vol. 45, no. 2, 2012, pp. 113-130
Description
Tells the story of the transformation of an Aboriginal woman during specific stages of her life.
Herb Rice: Master Carver
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Herb Rice
Louise McMurray
Phil Ives
Description
Coast Salish totem pole carver discusses his art.
Duration: 26:26.
Highlights Report: RAIC International Indigenous Architecture and Design Symposium
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Description
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
Highway to the Valley
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle La Flamme
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 151, Summer, 2012, pp. 55-59
Description
Discusses actors' perspectives on the play The Rez Sisters. The performance at the University of the Fraser Valley reunited the cast from a production staged in 2000.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada’s Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Ottawa, 2017.
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada's Representation of Indigenous History from 1945 to 1982
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Cole
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
The History of Crooked Lake Agency Singer
Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 29, no. 2, Powwow Issue, 1999, p. 20,25
Description
Story of the establishment and development of this drum group.
The History of Yukon First Nations Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Ukjese van Kampen
Description
(Art?) Thesis (Ph.D.)--Leiden University, 2012.
Home On Native Land: Interview with Co-Curator Steve Loft (TIFF Bell Lightbox Event)
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kindah Mardam Bey
Jesse Wente
Steven Loft
Description
Interview with co-curator Steve Loft about Home On Native Land exhibit featuring artists from around the world presenting a variety of new media works and issues facing Aboriginal People in Canada.
Duration: 8:05.
Honor the Treaties: The Film
Media » Film and Video
Description
Film about conditions on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, the history behind them and photographer Aaron Huey's efforts to bring to the attention of the American public.
Premiered at ShortsFest, Seattle International Film Festival 2012. Duration: 14 min.
Honouring Indigenous Women: Hearts of Nations. Vol. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement Ottawa
Description
Indigenous women share their lived experiences with regards to their relationships with the land, birth mothers, communities and themselves through poetry and art.
Hope, Ethics & Disenchantment: A Critical Sociological Inquiry into the Aboriginal Art Phenomenon
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Fisher
Description
Sociology Thesis (PhD) -- University of New South Wales, 2012.
"Horse" - Performance by Archer Pechawis Winnipeg Art Gallery
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Archer Pechawis
Description
Presentation of a story about The Horse People and Custard's 7th Calvary narrated by Archer Pechawis.
Duration: 8:46.
How Native American Rappers Communicate and Create a Modern Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Hannah Berge
Description
Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication Thesis (M.A.)--James Madison University, 2017.
Analyzes lyrics from AbOriginal by Frank Waln.
"How to Approach Collaborations?": A Freirian Journey Honouring Cree Relationships, Skills and Values
Theses
Author/Creator
Christine M. Stocek
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--2012.
How To Decorate a House: The Re-Negotiation of Cultural Representations at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael M. Ames
Museum Anthropology, vol. 22, no. 3, Winter, December 1999, pp. 41-51
Description
Reviews how the assertion by Aboriginal peoples that they define their own histories served to interrupt and redefine the western idea of scholarly privilege, as it applied to several public representations of indigenous languages and cultures at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.
[How to Make a Coast Salish Drum]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jorge Lewis
Description
Duration: 20:59.
Humour in Contemporary Indigenous Photography: Re-focusing the Colonial Gaze
Alternate Title
Humor in Contemporary Indigenous Photography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meagan Sugrue
Arbutus Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Focus on Indigenous Governance, 2012, pp. 61-79
Description
Discusses how the works of Shelley Niro, Chris Bose, Dana Claxton, Arthur Renwick, and Terence Houle challenge mainstream society's perceptions of Aboriginals.
I’m Not Nobody: Dead Man, Double Negatives, and Transcending Stereotypes of Native Americans
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 9th, 2011
Where No One Else Has Gone Before: Proceedings of the Ninth Native American Symposium
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jennifer L. McMahon
Description
Discusses how individual identities are used to invoke and then destabilize stereotypes in the film Dead Man.
Iktomi Incorporated: Cinema as Trickster
Theses
Author/Creator
Matthew Alan Feltman
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2012
Images of the Inuit of Nunavik
Images » Photographs
Native Studies Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 135-146
Description
Photographs taken by staff photographers of the Northern Quebec Inuit Association, and its successor, Makivik Corporation.
Imagi/Nations
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Author/Creator
[Royal Anthropological Institute of Britain and Ireland
Max Carocci]
Description
Website developed for exhibition of the same name as well as the book launch for Warriors of the Plains: The Arts of Plains Indian Warfare by Max Carocci.
Contains links to exhibition, catalogue, bibliography, videos and information on the book.
Imaginary Spaces of Conciliation and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Garneau
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 28-38
Description
Author discusses his works, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Meeting and Aboriginal Advisory Circle Meeting within the context of irreconcilable spaces of Aboriginality.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Imagining Indigenous Digital Futures: An Afterword
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Raheja
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 172-175
Description
Special issue on digital Indigenous studies represents a collection of essays about the critical work Indigenous women are performing in their various digital projects.
Imprisoned Art, Complex Patronage: Plains Drawings by Howling Wolf and Zotom at the Autry National Center
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Phillip Earenfight
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Summer, 2012, pp. 230-231
Description
Book review of: Imprisoned Art, Complex Patronage by Joyce M. Szabo.
Improving Aboriginal Housing: Culture and Design Strategies
Theses
Author/Creator
Johann F. Kyser
Description
Environmental Design Thesis (MEDes)--University of Calgary, 2012.
In/consequential Relationships: Refusing Colonial Ethics of Engagement in Yuxweluptun’s Inherent Rights, Vision Rights
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah King
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, pp. 187-192
Description
Reviews artist's virtual reality installation from the exhibit Unceded Territories.
In Search of "The Word of the Other": Aboriginal Sign Systems and the History of the Book in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Germaine Warkentin
Book History, vol. 2, 1999, pp. 1-27
Description
Looks at the history of "written culture".
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Faye Ginsburg … [et al.]
In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
MIcheal Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Kester Dyer ... [et al.]
Inauguration officielle du Itsarnittakarvit (Centre Heritage Inuit)
Alternate Title
Grand Opening of Itsarnittakarvik (The Inuit Heritage Centre)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Webster
Inuktitut, no. 84, 1999, pp. 36-[?]
Description
(abstract and full text in English)
A brief history of the Baker Lake facility, which opened June 3, 1998.
The Indian "Act": Postmodern Perspectives on Native Canadian Theatre
Theses
Author/Creator
Robert Appleford
p. 378
Description
Drama Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1999.
Indian Acts: Highlights, or How Art History Spanked Me Straight
Alternate Title
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Donna Wawzonek
Description
Overview of the conference addressing issues in Aboriginal performance art.
Indian Peoples of the Northern Great Plains
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
Montana State University Library
Description
Database with a searchable online photograph collection, including by subject, date, location and tribe. The database attempts to provide students, researchers and the general public with direct access to primary material on the Plains Indian cultures.