Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gwen Sharp
Lisa Wade
Contexts, vol. 9, no. 3, Thrill Ride! Sex Over the Life Course, Summer, 2010, pp. 76-77
Description
Describes the term "Indian art" to include the background of the artist as well as the artistic product with an identifiable style and set of themes.
Speaking of Indigenous Politics: Conversations with Activists, Scholars, and Tribal Leaders
Alternate Title
Indigenous Americas
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jessie Little Doe Baird
Omar Barghouti
Lisa Brooks
Kathleen A. Brown-Pérez
Margaret Bruchac ...
David Cornsilk
Sarah Deer
Philip J. Deloria
Tonya Gonnella Frichner
Hone Harawira
Suzan Shown Harjo
Winona LaDuke ...
James Luna
Mutáwi Mutáhash (Many Hearts) Lynn Malerba
Aileen Moreton-Robinson
Steven Newcomb
Jean M. O’Brien
Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio ...
Paul Chaat Smith
Circe Sturm
Margo Tamez
Richard Velky
Robert Warrior
Patrick Wolfe
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation: Teachers' Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tasha Henry
Description
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
The Steamer Marquis Poling Off a Shallow in the Saskatchewan - Sketch. - 1885.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch of the steamer Marquis, from a sketch by Mr. F.W. Curzon, The Illustrated War News special artist with General Middleton's expedition.
The Steamer "Northcote" Running the Gauntlet at Batoche, May 8, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of the steamer "Northcote" being fired upon during the Northwest Resistance.
Stepping Outside the Box: Traditional Knowledge, Folklore, Indigenous Textiles and Cultural Appropriation---Is There Room for Folklore Protection Under Intellectual Property Law?
Theses
Author/Creator
Josephine Asmah
Description
Law Thesis (LL.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2010.
A Stylistic Analysis of American Indian Portrait Photography in Oklahoma, 1869-1904
Theses
Author/Creator
Amy Nelson
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2001.
Surrender of White Cap's Warriors
Alternate Title
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch showing the surrender to French's Scouts, led by Lord Melgund, General Middleton's chief of staff. Sketch caption : "Three Dakota scouts told their captors that they had been forced to join Riel."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
"Swing Up the Dead" for Burial at Fish Creek, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of soldier preparing [a body] for burial after the battle of Fish Creek.
Teton Sioux Hair Ornament
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joe Rosenthal
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 4, Issue 272, September-October 2010, pp. 14-17
Description
Explains method used to make the components and put them together to make a buffalo bulls tail or "wicasa". Includes photographs.
Text and Image in Classic Maya Sculpture: A.D. 600-900
Theses
Author/Creator
Catherine E. Burdick
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010.
Textiles of Healing: Native American AIDS Quilts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Max Carocci
Textile, vol. 8, no. 1, 2010, pp. 68-85
Description
Discusses the culturally specific context of expressing grief and hope through material art.
There Is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Indian Day Schools: Inkameep Indian Day School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legacy Art Gallery, University of Victoria
The Three Men Who Captured Riel in 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Folder containing photographs of Robert Armstrong and William Diehl, with a sketch of Tom Houri [Hourie]. all items glued to folder.
The Time of Things: The Continuum of Indigenous Customary Practice into Contemporary Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
France Trépanier
Description
Catalogue for exhibition of the same name which featured works by Daphne Boyer, Maureen Gruben, Susan Pavel, Skeena Reece, and Marika Echachis Swan.
Today Your Host is Speaking Out: Ideology, Identity, and the Land in Hachivi Edgar Heap of Birds's Native Hosts
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Catherine Falls
UBC Undergraduate Journal of Art History, no. 1, November 1, 2010, pp. [1]-11
Description
Discusses the exhibition which consists of twelve signs situated on unceded land on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia.
Totems at Sitka National Historical Park Sitka, Alaska
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Scott Jensen
Whispering Wind, vol. 39, no. 2, Issue 270, May/June 2010, pp. 4-9
Description
Discusses the donation of a canoe and large totem pole from the village of Old Kasaan by Saanaheit Chief of the Haida Indians.
Toward a Native Archive: Chicago's Relocation Photos, Indian Labor, and Indigenous Public Text
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Tusler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 375-410
Description
Article provides a literary historical reading of photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) photo archive of the “relocation project.” Discusses the relocation as both an institutional and an aesthetic venture.
Towards Forever ... An Indigenous Art Historical Worldview
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Steven Loft
Description
First National Trudeau Fellow discusses the Canadian art establishment's failure to recognize continuum of Aboriginal art or its aesthetic.
Duration: 1:08:05.
Traces / Re-Traced: Reconstructing Identity: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernard Leroux
Description
Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Thesis (MFA)--Ontario College of Art and Design, University of Toronto, 2018.
Trail of Tears Curriculum Guide
E-Books
Description
For use with videos On a Spring Day and Incident at Rock Roe. Collection of lesson plans for English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Spanish and Physical Education.
Treaty Lands: Imaging a Conditional Landscape
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Tim Schouten
Description
Discusses the art works created as part of the author's The Treaty Lands Project, focusing on the research conducted for the The Treaty 3 Suite (Outside Promises).
Forward and part IX from: Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium 2008: The Centre for Rupert's Land Studies at The University of Winnipeg: May 14 to 16, 2008, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta edited by Margaret Anne Lindsay and Mallory Allyson Richard; foreword by Jennifer S. H. Brown.
Troops enroute to N.W. Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Canadian Pacific Railway (photographer)
Description
Image of troops at rest in a train car enroute to action in the Northwest Resistance.
Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with Tunniit: Retracing the Lines of Inuit Tattoos, a documentary by Alethea Arnaquq-Bari.
Turquoise in the Life of American Indians
Alternate Title
Images, Imaginations, and Beyond: Proceedings of the Eighth Native American Symposium
Native American Symposium ; 8th, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Oksana Y. Danchevskaya
Description
Reviews the historical use of this stone as a decorative and symbolic gemstone in North American Indian cultures.
UDeyenz Lhuy Belh Nandlagh: A Story of Transformations
Theses
Author/Creator
Russell Samuel Myers Ross
Description
Community [Indigenous] Governance Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.
Uncommon Threads: Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing, and Costume
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica R. Metcalfe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 3, Summer, 2010, pp. 394-397
Description
Book review of: Uncommon Threads: Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing, and Costume by Bruce J. Bourque and Laureen A. LaBar.
Unsettling the Archive: Intervention and Parody in Contemporary Indigenous Photography
Theses
Author/Creator
Reilley Bishop-Stall
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2018.
Focuses on the work of Wendy Red Star, Ken Gonzales Day, Meryl McMaster, Chris Bose, Kent Monkman and Da-ka-xeen Mehner.
The Uprising in the Northwest - Sketch. - 25 April 1885.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch subtitle: White inhabitants of the Saskatchewan region leaving a settlement after an Indian raid. Two males and one female, all wearing snowshoes and heavy coats, walking through the snow. The woman is carrying a small child.
Wapos Bay: The Wapos Falcon
Alternate Title
Wapos Bay: episode 32
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dennis Jackson
Melanie Jackson
Description
A package and a missing art piece are mysteriously connected in episode 32 of a stop-motion animation series.
Duration: 21:59.
Wendy Red Star: Challenging Colonial Histories and Foregrounding the Impacts of Violence Against Indigenous Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virginia Barrett Hellmann
Description
Art History Thesis (BA) -- University of Colorado, 2018.
The West and Beyond: New Perspectives on an Imagined Region
Alternate Title
The West Unbound: Social and Cultural Studies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gerald Friessen
Lyle Dick
Winona Wheeler
Matt Dyce
James Opp
Kathryn McKay
Amber Dean... [et. al.]
Description
Based on papers presented at the conference: The West and Beyond : Historians Past, Present and Future, held at the University of Alberta, 19–21 June, 2008.
White Cap, Sioux Chief
Images » Photographs
Description
Photo of illustration made from photograph of White Cap, Sioux Chief, pledging friendship to his white brother, taken from Illustrated War News, 25 April 1885.
The White Woman’s Indian: Laura Gilpin in the American Southwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Irene Maness
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of California Riverside, 2018.
Wîhtikow Feast: Digesting Layers of Memory and Myth in Highway's Kiss of the Fur Queen and McLeod's Sons of a Lost River
Theses
Author/Creator
Robin Shawn Adair
Description
English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.
William Bleasdell Cameron and Horse Child
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
W. B. Cameron
Description
A photograph of William Bleasdell Cameron, guide and scout with the Alberta Field Force, with Horse Child, 12 year old son of Big Bear. They were photographed together in Regina in 1885 during the trial of Big Bear. Cameron testified in Big Bear's defense. Cameron wrote a description of the photo on the reverse side which was also scanned for this record.
Historical note:
Winnipeg Cavalry at Fort Qu'Appelle, North-West Rebellion, 1885
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of members of the Winnipeg Cavalry on horseback in line.
Wm. Scott and T. Pike in front of Humboldt Telegraph Station
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of Humboldt Telegraph Station, likely during the Northwest Resistance. On back of photo: "This photo was taken after Wm. Scott (in charge of the Humboldt Mail Station had finished riding 140 miles to Prince Albert to Humboldt with dispatches. These dispatches were from Colonel Irwin [Irvine] (who was in charge at Prince Albert) to General Middleton. The ride was made in 23 hours on the horse shown in this photo. The horse's name was Lary and was known to have great staying power. Sitting is T. [Thomas] Pike."
The Wombat to Kaptn Koori: Aboriginal Representation in Comic Books and Capes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Luke Pearson
Description
Discusses how Aboriginal characters have been depicted in mainstream comics generally written and illustrated by non-Aboriginals.
Wounded Carried to the Rear from the Fight at Fish Creek - Sketch. - 16 May 1885
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch of wounded men from the Battle of Fish Creek being treated; some on stretchers, one man sitting on the ground, and one man standing with two medical personnel being treated. Men on horseback in background.
Xstine Cook and Spirit of White Buffalo
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Allan Boss
Xstine Cook
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 144, Theatre in an Age of Eco-Crisis, Fall, 2010, pp. 42-47
Description
Interview in which the artist discusses the development of her kinetic performance sculpture which won the “Best Western Entry” in the Calgary Stampede parade.
Zareba and Sleeping Soldiers at Batoche
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of a zareba at Batoche, showing soldiers sleeping behind walls of fortification. Visible are several Snider-Enfield rifles used by the soldiers.
Historical note:
A zareba is an encampment used as a base of attack and defense."The Zareba Batoche, N.W. Rebellion, 1885"
Images » Photographs
Description
Image of the zareba at Batoche; men shown on horseback with supply packs on the ground.
Historical note:
A zareba is a stockade made of bushes: an outdoor enclosure, especially one made of thorn bushes and used as protection around a campsite or village.Pagination
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