Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a medicine man named Bear Hat (later renamed Curlew). He tells how Bear Hat was revived after serious injury and how Bear Hat healed a young man wounded in a battle.
Consists of an interview with George First Rider where he tells the story of a boy given supernatural powers by the bears and of his subsequent success as a healer of his own wounds and those of other people or animals.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, Summer, 1998, pp. 22-25
Description
Comments on a historical meeting of 17 Aboriginal curators to discuss pertinent issues including professional development opportunities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 22.
Curator's essay from catalogue for the exhibition Native Visions: Evolution in Northwest Coast Art from the Eighteenth Through the Twentieth Century by Steven C. Brown.
Scanned image shows four young students in winter clothing in what appears to be a sled race at a winter carnival held at the Prince Albert Student Residence on March 25, 1975. (bad quality photo)
A set of 77 photographs taken in the small community of Sucker River, north of La Ronge, in 1975-76. The community mounted a project to make as many "old things" as the 14 participants in the project could remember from the old days. Many of the objects were made as models, as time and materials did not allow for full-size items.
A photograph of two First Nations men in traditional garb, and a City Official at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of two First Nations men in traditional garb, and a City Official at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 32-34
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name at the Canadian Cultural Centre, France, 1997 and The Waikato Museum of Art and History, New Zealand, 1997.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
A photograph of two First Nations child dancers in traditional garb, and a drum circle, at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of two First Nations men and children in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
A photograph of First Nations man in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The man is recieving a plaque from what appears to be a City official. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 36-37
Description
Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, September 20, 1997 to April 5, 1998.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.
File contains a negative from a ceremony held in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan by the Urban Indian Association to honour graduates on May 2, 1970. Image shows men receiving diplomas on stage.
Virtual exhibition features portrayals of traditional cultures of the Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Nuxalk, Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu-chah-nulth, and Salish peoples.
Canadian Art, vol. 15, no. 4, Winter, 1998, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Review of an exhibition produced by Igloolik Isuma Productions and Arnait Ikajurtigiit entitled Une Lumière Blanche held at Le Fresnoy, National Studio of Contemporary Arts.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 1, Spring, 1998, pp. 6-17
Description
Comments on the 17 artists, representing all regions of the Arctic, in attendance at the Pan-Arctic Women's Workshop. Includes brief profiles.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.
Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, vol. 37, no. 3, Autumn-Winter, 1998, pp. 334-345
Description
Discusses how The National Museum of the American Indian, in an attempt to develop an exhibit with community involvement and access, sent a selection of 19th Century Navajo blankets to a Navajo reservation in 1995.