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
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 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 Mann Jr. in Buggy
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of George Mann Jr. in a buggy hitched to a single horse. The buildings in the background look like Indian agency buildings, possibly in Saddle Lake where his father was Indian agent from 1900 to 1905. He grew up in Onion Lake, North West Territories and like his father was a fluent Cree speaker. He was hired as a Government Telegraph officer in 1902, and later raised a family on a homestead 14 miles north-east of Lloydminster, Saskatchewan.
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 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.
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of a large group of non-Aboriginal and Metis people standing in front of a building in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Half-Breed Commission at Duck Lake
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A close-up photograph of a large group of non-Aboriginal and Metis people standing in front of a building in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Half-Breed Commission at Duck lake
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of a large group of non-Aboriginal and Metis people in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900. The Canadian Red Ensign flies in the background.
Half-Breed Commission at Fort Pitt
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of six men seated on a platform. They are members of the Half-Breed commission. Picture taken at Fort Pitt, NWT (Sask. District), 1900. N. O. Cote is third from the right.
Half-Breed Commission at Sturgeon River
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of four men standing in front of a white tent. They are members of the Half-Breed Commission; at Sturgeon River, 14 September 1900.
Half-Breed Commission on Trail to Green Lake
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of a group of Metis gathered around one of the Half-Breed Commissioners on a trail near Green Lake, NWT during the commission's visit in 1900.
The Heritage of Namatjira: The Watercolourists of Central Australia
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Bernard Smith
Aboriginal History, vol. 16, no. 2, 1992, pp. 145-147
Description
Book review of: The Heritage of Namatjira edited by Jane Hardy, J.V.S. Megaw, Ruth Megaw.
Review located by scrolling to page 145.
"I've Always Wanted to be an American Indian"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James A. Luna
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 18-27
Description
Installation/performance artist's photo essay about his home, the La Jolla Indian Reservation.
Images Used: Chapter 2 (A Dying Race):"One of the Past (A Cree Indian)".
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
George E. Fleming
Description
Entitled: "One of the Past (A Cree Indian)". Profile Portrait of a Cree man.
In Cape Dorset We Do It This Way
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 38-42
Description
Review essay of art exhibition held at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, December 15, 1991 to March 29, 1992 featuring 100,00 drawings and prints from West Baffin Cooperative.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.
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 the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Greyeyes
Tracy Devine Guzmán
Arifani Moyo
Margaret Werry
Faye Ginsburg … [et al.]
Indian agency at Saddle Lake North West Territories
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Saddle Lake Indian Agency between 1900 and 1904. The agency house (home to George Mann and family from 1900 to 1905), out-buildings, barns and large corrals are visible.
Indian Agency House, Saddle Lake North West Territories
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Saddle Lake Indian Agency between 1900 and 1904. The agency house (home to George Mann and family from 1900 to 1905), three barns and corrals are visible. A woman sits alone on the front porch.
Indian Industrial School at Duck Lake
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Indian Industrial School in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Historical note:
Indian Industrial School Grounds at Duck Lake
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of the Indian Industrial School grounds in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Historical note:
Indian Photographs: Amelia Frost and the Presbyterian Mission
Alternate Title
Benedicte Wrensted: An Idaho Photographer in Focus
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Smithsonian Institution
[Joanna Cohan Scherer
Jim Kochert]
Description
Presents photographs from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in 1887 during the Presbyterian Mission.
Indian Women
Alternate Title
Women of Canada: Their Life and Work
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
National Council of Women of Canada
Description
Looks at the industries, education and religion of First Nations women across Canada.
Chapter 14 from Women of Canada: Their Life and Work compiled by the National Council of Women of Canada.
Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter, scroll to page 432.
Indians Everywhere: Paul Chaat Smith on "Americans"
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Chaat Smith
Description
Curator of the exhibition entitled Americans at the National Museum of the American Indian discusses the exhibition about the pervasiveness of the image of the American Indian in popular culture and the controversy surrounding the validity of artist Jimmy Durham's Cherokee identity.
Duration: 58:51.
INDIGENA: A Native Curator's Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gerald R. McMaster
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Fall, 1992, pp. 66-73
Description
Author comments on the exhibition mounted by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1992 and issues concerning the Aboriginal artistic community in general, such as being the subject or object, rather than the observer.
Indigena: Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples on Five Hundred Years ...
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marybelle Mitchell
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 41-43
Description
Review of exhibition of the same name mounted at the Canadian Museum of Civilization; compares Inuit sculptures to works by "Indian" artists.
Indigenous Artists, Ingenuity, and Resistance at the California Missions After 1769
Theses
Author/Creator
Yve Barthelemy Chavez
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.
An Interview with Susan Point
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Becky Rynor
Susan Point
Description
Discusses why the artist feels it is important to push her personal artistic, emotional and creative boundaries.
Jacob Johnston
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of Jacob Johnson, a Metis man with round spectacles and a sash around his waist, at Snake Plains during the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Historical note:
Kent Monkman: A Trickster With a Cause Crashes Canada's 150th Birthday Party
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Everett-Green
The Globe and Mail, January 06, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Explains paintings in exhibition, Shame and Prejudice at the University of Toronto Art Museum January 26 to March 3, 2017.
Kwakiutl String Figures
Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.71
E-Books
Author/Creator
Julia Averkieva
Mark A. Sherman
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
The Language of Inuit Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ed McKenna
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 22-24
Description
Comments on the business and economics of arts and crafts.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
Leonora Carrington
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Aberth
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 83-85
Description
Review of the Leonora Carrington: The Mexican Years, 1943-1985 exhibit organized by Holly Barnet-Sanchez, essay by Whitney Chadwick, interview by Paul de Angelis, chronology by Salomon Grimberg. The Exhibition was in the Mexico Museum of San Francisco, December 11, 1991 to March 8, 1992.
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.
Medicine Man at Onion Lake North West Territories
Images » Photographs
Description
A photograph of a Medicine man near Onion Lake North West Territories in 1900.
Medicine through Comics: Wheels Are Turning on the Road to Healing: Native Americans through the Lens of Francophone Graphic Novels
Theses
Author/Creator
Nathalie Bleser
Description
Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2017.
Metis Men at Duck Lake
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library.
A photograph of two Metis men sitting in front of a store in Duck Lake, NWT at the time of the visit of the Half-Breed Commission, 1900.
Native American Art in the Postmodern Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kay WalkingStick
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 15-17
Description
Author looks at the reasons for lack of critical review of contemporary Indigenous artwork.
Native American Artists and the Postmodern Cultural Divide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Traugott
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 36-43
Description
Author looks at how contemporary artists have incorporated aspects of the dominant culture into their works and transformed such elements to suit their purposes.
Native Images: Signing of the 1992 Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement
Alternate Title
Signing of the 1992 Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement
Images » Photographs
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 89-97
Description
Black and white photographs of the signing of the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement Framework Agreement.
Native Pop: Bunky Echo-Hawk and Steven Paul Judd Subvert Star Wars
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Olena McLaughlin
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 30-52
Description
Author discusses the work of two Indigenous pop-artists and how they appropriate iconic mainstream imagery in order to subvert popular narratives and stereotypes in the Star Wars franchise and in the wider film industry.
Native Space: Geographic Strategies to Unsettle Settler Colonialism
Alternate Title
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Natchee Blu Bard
First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies Series
The Necessity of Jimmie Durham's Jokes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Shiff
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 1992, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses the case of Jimmie Durham and the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act that specified what can be represented as Indian art and who is eligible to produce these works.
The Necessity of Jimmie Durhan's Jokes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Shiff
Art Journal, vol. 51, no. 3, Recent Native American Art, Autumn, 1992, pp. 74-80
Description
Discusses the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 (United States) and the artist's response, as illustrated in his art, is that "authenticity" is another concept designed to keep Native Americans enclosed in "their world" through a label imposed by Euro-Americans.
Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story
Alternate Title
Game Development Conference ; 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Dima Veryovka
Description
A Discussion on the visual style, cultural infusion and impact of the 2014 video game Never Alone. The game is based off the Iñupiat legend of Kanuk Sayuka and was created in cooperation with elders, storytellers, and artists from the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
Duration: 50:01.
Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1897-98. In Two Parts - Part 1
E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
Esthetology, or the Science of Activities Designed to Give Pleasure by J. W. Powell
Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
No "Demon" Carvings From Baker Lake Arts and Crafts Centre ... Yet
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marina Devine
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 4, Fall/Winter, 1992, pp. 7-13
Description
Looks at the centre, the production of wearable art and the controversy over the suggested use for the wet-surface carving equipment.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.
Northwest Coast Indian Art: An Analysis of Form (50th Anniversary Edition)
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
BC Studies, no. 195, Autumn, 2017, pp. 179-180
Description
Book review of Northwest Coast Indian Art by Bill Holm.
Entire review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 179.