Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 49-75
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Looks at the connection between images and stories in the documentary and exposes the politics associated with American Indian filmmaking.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 49.
The Beaver, vol. 90, no. 1, February/March 2010, p. 16
Description
Looks at the disappointment felt by the artist, Mildred Valley Thornton, when the Government of Canada refused to buy her collection of paintings in its entirety.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 243-252
Description
Examines some of the issues related to "coming home" to ourselves, our land, and our people from a multiracial, visual-textual, Two-Spirit perspective.
Discusses the film directed by Ali Kazimi and the work of photographer Edward Curtis in terms of pictorial representation of Aboriginals and the ideas behind it.
Examines reactions to the 2009 film by Warwick Thornton which is about bravery, hopelessness, optimism, and the struggles of two Indigenous youth, and the dialogues it has created.
The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop
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Author/Creator
Massimiliano Carocci
Description
Looks at the place of women and two-spirited individuals in the powwow culture.
Chapter from The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt.
Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema
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Author/Creator
Steven Edmund Winduo
Description
Discusses how scholars use tradition to view culture, society and events.
Chapter four from Folktales and Fairy Tales: Translation, Colonialism, and Cinema a symposium held in Honolulu, September, 2010.
Question and answer period with the artist who combines Haida artist conventions with Japanese animation and Chinese brush-painting techniques to tell traditional stories.
Duration: 46:15.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 743-763
Description
States that the degree of Indigenous knowledge that is incorporated into the exhibit content is crucial. Also, how research questions are chosen is key as well.
International Journal of Canadian Studies, no. 26, Performing Canada=Le Canada mis en scène, Fall, 2002, pp. 77-
Description
Discusses how the perceived "objectivity" of photographs helped to serve the Canadian government's interest in promoting white settlement.
Scroll down to page 77 to access article.