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Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2017, pp. [163]-182
Description
"This article addresses the challenges associated with present-day usage of residential school photographs, the ways in which these photographs can contribute to ongoing discussions about healing and reconciliation, and the use of archival photographs within the residential school survivor community".
Carey Newman's Witness Blanket Weaves Healing and History
Alternate Title
Q: Arts, Music, Culture, Entertainment
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Wab Kinew
Carey Newman
Description
Audio interview about the artist's large-scale art installation which brought together artifacts from or about residential schools.
Duration: 24:13.
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Last of the Buffalo
Author/Creator
McQuillen Studios
Description
Resource uses the painting by Albert Bierstadt to teach close reading skills, allegory and the importance of wildlife conservation. Includes links to interactive puzzle, team-building game, sorting activity, game-based art survey and inquiry study.
Drawn to Change: Comics and Critical Consciousness
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Carleton
Labour/Le Travail, vol. 73, Spring, 2014, pp. [151]-177
Description
Looks at academic engagement with comics and how they link to promotion of activist learning to take action against oppression.
Educator Information: To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions
Alternate Title
To Honor & Comfort Native Quilting Traditions (An Educational Curriculum)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shawn Termin
Description
Guide aimed at middle year students is divided into four sections: Strengthening Community, Design Tells a Story, Expressions of Honor, and Origins of Native Quilting. Discusses eight individual quilters (Aboriginal and Hawaiian): Mary Bighouse (Osage), Sheree "Peachy" Bonaparte (Mohawk), Alice Olsen Williams (Anishinabe), Nancy Crone Naranjo (Eastern Cherokee), Bernyce Courtney (Wasco-Tlingit), Harriet Soong (Native Hawaiian), Ollie Napesni (Rosebud Lakota), and Lula Red Cloud (Ogala Lakota).
First Nations Effective Practices: Getting Things Done in Aboriginal Communities, Businesses and Organizations
Alternate Title
Research and Analysis Directorate Reports
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Research and Analysis Directorate
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Compilation of 14 case study reports of initiatives in areas of education, economic development, community problem-solving, environmental and organizational management, service delivery, housing, and conducting negotiations.
First Peoples: A Guide for Newcomers
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kory Wilson
Jane Henderson
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.
Interview with Doreen Jensen
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Carol Williams
Doreen Jensen
BC Studies, no. 115/116, Autumn/Winter, 1997/1998, pp. 289-306
Description
Noted artist, curator, educator, and rights activist discusses her culture, work, and the exhibition Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth.
InVISIBILITY: Indigenous in the City Indigenous Artists, Indigenous Youth and the Project of Survivance
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Angela Salamanca
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 159-188
Description
Discusses an exhibition where youth represent themselves, and tell their own stories to addresses issues of urban Indigeneity and schooling.
Living Tradition: The Kwakwaka'wakw Potlatch on the Northwest Coast
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
U'Mista Cultural Society
Description
Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.
Native American Indian Art
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Paula Giese
Description
Includes links which highlight individuals in various artistic fields: photography, basketry, picture stories, resources, and museums as well as narratives, stories and legends.
Perpetual Salish Contemporary Coast Salish Art from the Salish Weave Collection
Alternate Title
Perpetual Salish: Coast Salish Art in the Classroom
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries
Description
Catalogue of exhibition which featured works by Maynard Johnny Jr., lessLIE , John Marston , Susan A. Point, and Dylan Thomas
Related material: Educational website.
Raise a Flag: Works from the Indigenous Art Collection (2000-2015): Education Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Onsite Gallery
OCAD University
Description
Exhibition features works by 33 artists which were drawn from the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada Indigenous Art Collection.
Remote Avant-Garde: Aboriginal Art under Occupation
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Rosita Henry
Amercian Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 369-370
Description
Book review of Remote Avant-Garde by Jennifer Loureide Biddle.
Saskatchewan History - The First Peoples: Plains First Nations
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
J. Giannetta
Description
A wide range of topics such as clothing, bison, decoration, tools, etc. Developed for Grade 4 Social Studies.
Updated version.
Student Handouts.
Showing and Telling the Story of Nikis (My Little House): An Arts-Based Autoethnographic Journey of a Cree Adult Educator
Theses
Author/Creator
Brenda Isabel Wastasecoot
Description
Leadership, Higher and Adult Education Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Toronto, 2017
A Student for Life: Kevin Red Star
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daniel Gibson
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 2, Workforce Development, Winter, 2014
Description
Discusses the journey of Native American painter Kevin Red Star.
Susan Point: Spindle Whorl: Teacher's Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Vancouver Art Gallery
Description
Although designed to accompany class visit to an exhibition of the Musqueam artist's work, can be used alone.
Theorizing Native Studies
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Heather Devine
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 2014, pp. 263-264
Description
Book review of Theorizing Native Studies edited by Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith.
Theorizing Native Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Audra Simpson
Andrea Smith
Dian Million
Teresia Teaiwa
Glen Coulthard ... [et al.]
[Visual Arts: Woodland Style Artwork]
Alternate Title
Learning Through the Arts
The Arts: Secondary Visual Arts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
[Lakehead Public Schools?]
Description
Video records one class's experience with incorporating Aboriginal art and culture into the curriculum by utilizing community mentors and Elders.
Duration: 17:00.
Visualizing Humanitarian Colonialism: Photographs from the Thomas Indian School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Montez de Oca
José Prado
American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 58, no. 1, Special Issue Title: Indigenous Peoples, Genocide in California, and Politics of the Academy: Inters, January 2014, pp. 145-170
Description
Analyzes photographs taken between the 1890s and 1950s to illustrate how they reflect belief systems and the context in which they were taken.
We Interrupt This Program: Indigenous Media Tactics in Canadian Culture
E-Books
Author/Creator
Miranda J. Brady
John M.H. Kelly
Weaving Math
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Daryl Goeson
Maria Nicolidakis
Karla Gamble
Matthew Houghland
Description
Uses techniques involved in creating a Coast Salish blanket to teach concepts of slope and equations in Grade 10 Mathematics Curriculum.
Western Arctic Women Artists' Perspectives on Education and Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Joanne Carolyn McNeal
Description
Curriculum Studies: Art Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.
Western Perspectives
Alternate Title
Teacher's Guide: American Collection
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Baltimore Museum of Art
Description
Discusses representations of Indigenous peoples in early 20th century art.