Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
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Photograph. Caption: Treaty Six negotiations were held at a traditional camping area, known to the Cree as the "waiting place", near Fort Carlton.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph. Caption: One of the fugitive Indians (possibly Four Sky Thunder) who surrendered at Battleford instead of fleeing to the United States.
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
Discusses artist's controversial Indian paintings from 1960s and 70s in exhibition mounted by The National Museum of the American Indian; includes brief biography.
Presents several of the artist's late paintings (1880) that emerged as works of protest. From exhibition mounted at the National Gallery of Art, September 14, 2008 - January 4, 2009.
A photograph of the government's surveyors corps of scouts during the 1885 uprising, probably taken at Qu'Appelle prior to Middleton's march north. The men appear to be armed with lever action repeating rifles and pistols.
Distinctive Art of Haida Villages: The Northern Villages
Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future Lecture Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
George MacDonald
Description
Discusses the architecture of houses and design styles of totems poles in the villages of Kaigani, Klinkwan, Kassan.
Part 1: Duration: 34:20.
Access to Part 2.
Image of Captain John French, killed at Batoche. On back of photo: "An old French halfbreed, named Ross, was standing at the corner of a house nearly opposite Batoche's house, and fired the fatal shot, then made a run for cover, but paid the penalty for shooting French just before reading it."
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 20, no. 3, Special Issue on The Shadow Catcher: The Uses of Native American Photography, 1996, pp. 111-128
Description
Looks at the Western image of the Native American as determined by photographs.
Border Crossings, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 44-46
Description
Brief discussion of the Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun works mounted in the exhibition Born to Live and Die on Your Colonialist Reservations and those of Eric Robertson, Faye Heavyshield, and Shelley Niro featured in Nations in Urban Landscapes.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 1996, pp. 26-34
Description
Looks at a small community that was introduced to video in 1979 and highlights several videomakers.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 26.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 1996, pp. 44-46
Description
Exhibition review from the National Gallery of Canada, 1995-1996 curated by Marie Routledge.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 44.
Canadian Diversity=Diversity&eaactue; canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, p. 42
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Brief description of project linking research results of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's Well-Being Index (CBW) to images of living conditions.
Scroll down to page 42 to read article.
Cultural Anthropology, vol. 11, no. 4, November 1996, pp. 547-576
Description
Investigates the deconstruction of Native American identity, bloodlines, racism, and stereotypes by examining the works of Native American visual artists and authors.
Comments on an appropriate approach to Aboriginal art and the issues of art production, art reception and representation with specific reference to Bush Tomato Dreaming by artist Lucy Ngwarai Kunoth.
World Literature Today, vol. 83, no. 3, May/June 2009, pp. 47-49
Description
Discusses how American Indians employ visual methods of storytelling to comment on their world. Content based on exhibit from the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture entitled, Comic Art Indigène:Where Comics and the Indigenous Meet
Group photo taken on the grounds of Fort Pitt, NWT. Numbered from L to R: 1. Fire Sky Thunder; 2. Sky Bird (Big Bear's son); 3. Natoose; 4. Napasis; 5. Big Bear; 6. Angus McKay (HBC); 7. Dufrain (HBC cook); 8. L. Goulet; 9. Stanley Simpson (HBC); 10. Alex McDonald; 11. Rowley; 12. Corp. Sleigh (NWMP); 13. Edmond; 14. Henry Dufrain.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 4, April 2009, p. 1
Description
Highlights the accomplishments of Dennis and Melanie Jackson for their animated series, Wapos Bay, including a National Aboriginal Achievement Award.
Article located on page 1.
Photograph. Caption: "Judge Hugh Richardson (right) shaking hands with Peter Hourie, the court interpreter for the Indian trials."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
The Indian trials took place in Regina, North West Territories, after the trial of Louis Riel.