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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.
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.
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)
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
John F. Atterton (photographer)
Description
"Unidentified Blood Indian woman". Woman seated in a chair.
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 Gravestone
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Emrys Jones (photographer)
Description
Carved [bear] gravestone over an Indian grave; gravestone in English.
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.
Indians Dancing before T.R.H. The Duke & Duchess of Connaught. Alert Bay. BC.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Emrys Jones (photographer)
Description
[Haida] ceremony being performed for Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught. Performer in middle, drummers on left and right; crowd in background.
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.
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.
"Lucy Margaret Baker: A Memoir (1920)"
Alternate Title
Lucy Margaret Baker: A Biographical Sketch of the First Missionary of Our Canadian Presbyterian Church to the North-West Indians
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lucy Margaret Baker
Description
This file contains an original copy of Lucy Margaret Baker: A Memoir, compiled by Elizabeth A. Byers and published by Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, 1920. It discusses her work with the Cree near Prince Albert, Sask. (Mistawasis Reserve), her teaching at Nisbet Academy, her work during North-West Rebellion, and her efforts to help an "outcast band of Sioux."
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.
"Micakiu (and) Mucayiomoxin Otokeman, Sarcee Squaws."
Images » Photographs
Description
Note: The title 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.
An image of three Aboriginal women and a baby, all wrapped in individual blankets and in front of a teepee. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process. The postcard was addressed to Miss Maggie J. Mitchell, Nova Scotia.
Mission at Metlakatla
Images » Photographs
Description
Children with adults (teachers?) pose for group photo on steps of the mission at Metlakatla, BC.
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.
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.
Not Your Grandfather's Horse: Automobiles Performing the Trickster in Modern and Contemporary Work by Artists from Plains Cultures
Theses
Author/Creator
Aaron Moses
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017
Refers to the works of Horace Poolaw, Dallin Maybee, Arthur Amiotte, Jay Polite Labor, and Wendy Red Star
On Quality in Art: Who Decides
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Millard
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 3, Summer/Fall, 1992, pp. 5-15
Description
Discusses the rationale behind deciding what is good in Inuit art.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 5.
One Little, Two Little, Three Little Stereotypes: A History of Native Culture and Imagery in American Cinematic Cartoons
Theses
Author/Creator
Dustin Devore
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017.
One of the Famous Old Totem Poles of the North
Images » Photographs
Description
Handwritten annotation on back of postcard: "Named Waum Gana'o 14'[high] / erected 1845 / 4 Bottom figure, is of the big hog, upside down." Waum Gana'o is indicated as the big hog by an arrow. Title from bottom of postcard. Skeena River, BC.
Opposing Views: The Story Of Custer's Defeat Depends On Who Is Telling It
Articles » General
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, pp. 30-31
Description
Article contains two pieces of art depicting, 'opposing views' of the 1876 Battle of Greasy Grass or the Battle of Little Bighorn involving George Custer.
Our Chiefs and Elders: Words and Photographs of Native Leaders
E-Books
Author/Creator
David Neel
Catherine Adams
Agnes Alfred
Alvin Alfred
Ethel Alfred ... [et al.]
Out of the North: The Subarctic Collection of the Halfenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Alternate Title
Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Studies in Anthropology and Material Culture ; v. 5
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David R. Yesner
Arctic, vol. 45, no. 1, 1992, pp. 101-102
Description
Book review of: Out of the North by Barbara A. Hail and Kate C.Duncan.
Paper Beadwork Cut-Outs on the Spirit Lake Reservation, North Dakota
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louis Garcia
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 14-19
Description
Comments on the artists and the design elements.
Plains Cree Bonnets
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Johnson
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 4, July 2017, pp. 23-25
Description
Discusses straight up style bonnets as well as sloped warbonnets.
Plains Ledger Art: The Demonstration of a Way of Life Through the Nineteenth-Century Pictorial Account of an Unknown Assiniboine Artist.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie Robertson
Prairie Forum, vol. 17, no. 2, Native Studies, Fall, 1992, pp. 263-274
Description
Describes the significance of some ledger-type Assiniboine drawings by an unknown artist and how they record a lifestyle that has disappeared from the Canadian Plains.
'Plant-in-Pot' Imagery in Native North American Decorative Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 6-12
Description
Looks at the external influences which played a part in the evolution of Native American decorative art.