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.
Geometry of Native American Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Parr
Description
Discusses the similarities between geometric patterns and symbols in Native American Indian artwork.
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.
Grabill Collection
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
John C. H. Grabill
Description
Digital collection of 188 photographs taken between 1887-1892 by John C. H. Grabill.
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 Gwich'in Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project: Repatriating Traditional Knowledge and Skills
Alternate Title
The Gwichin Traditional Caribou Skin Clothing Project: Repatriating Traditional Knowledge and Skills
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ingrid Kritsch
Karen Wright-Fraser
Arctic, vol. 55, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 205-210
Description
Regaining ways and understandings by a group of northern Athapaskans through creating replica 19th century hide clothing.
Hand Crafted: Creating a Market for Canada's Northwest Coast Native Arts and Crafts
Theses
Author/Creator
Leslie Heyman Tepper
Description
Museum Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Leicester, 2002.
Images of Power and the Power of Images: Iconography of Stelae as an Indicator of Socio-Political Events in the Early Classic Maya Lowlands
Theses
Author/Creator
James Julian Borowicz
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New York at Buffalo, 2002
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 Art Display at the Friendship Centre
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 14 negatives of Aboriginal art displayed at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1981. Negatives show a range of artwork; mainly paintings with some other mediums.
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 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.
Indians of Washington State
E-Books
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.
Introducing Billy Reid: Medical Artist
Articles » General
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, June 1981, p. 37
Description
Brief biographical sketch of the first Aboriginal medical illustrator in Australia.
Iqqaipaa: Celebrating Inuit Art 1948-1970
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Maria von Finckenstein
James Houston
Christina Delguste
Danièle Goulet
Description
Website includes links to general information, exhibition, history, artists, and art making.
Irene Avaalaaqiaq: Myth and Reality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Judith Nasby
John St. Germaine And His Dog Team
Images » Photographs
Description
John St.Germaine and his dog team compete all across north western Canada. One picture: John and his dogs.
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.
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.
Manufacturing Assimilation: Photographs of Indian Schools in Arizona
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eric Margolis
Jeremy Rowe
Description
Examines the inaccurate and stereotypical images at Indian Schools aimed at manufacturing images of acculturation and assimilation.
Mary Ann McKenzie Interview
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Mary Ann McKenzie
Janet R. Fietz
Indian History Film Project
Description
Mary Ann McKenzie talks about her childhood memories: food preparation, gardening, making moccasins, fish nets and snowshoes.
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 Land Claims
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Rick Olmstead
Description
17 images (6 shown here) of a conference on Metis land claims held in Saskatoon on May 26, 1981.
Metis Women's Traditional Art Series
Alternate Title
Métis Hooked Rugs = Aen Kroshay aen tapee avec mi gineey
Métis Fingerweaving = En saencheur flechey
Our Shared Inheritance: Traditional Métis Beadwork
Métis Silk Embroidery = Mashnikwawchikun avec la sway di fil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research
[Cheryl Troupe]
[Leah Dorion-Paquin]
[Penny Condon]
Description
Four videos discuss history and techniques of finger weaving, embroidery, rug-making, and beadwork.
Minniehaha; Knotsberry Farm Maiden; Fine Feathered Friends; Wild West Princess; Washo Indian Woman With Papoose
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean LaMarr
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 7-12
Description
Five pictures that depict the Euro-American fantasy of these Native American women.
Most Striking of Objects: The Totem Poles of Sitka National Historical Park
E-Books
Author/Creator
Andrew Patrick
Musqueam Weavers: Musqueam Weaving Through The Personal Stories of Weavers
Alternate Title
[MOA Sourcebooks]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janna Becker
Debbie Campbell
Vivian Campbell
Lynn Dan
Linda Gabriel
Cecelia Grant
Wendy John
Cynthia Louie ... [et al.]
Description
Sourcebook developed as a result of a digital module in the exhibit Gathering Strength: New Generations in Northwest Coast Art.
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 Navajo Photography of Milton S. Snow: Photography and Federal Indian Policy, 1937-1959
Theses
Author/Creator
William R. Wilson
Description
Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Mexico, 2002.
The Navajo Rug at the Hubbell Trading Post, 1880-1920
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joann F. Boles
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 5, no. 1, 1981, pp. 47-63
Description
Uses correspondence of J. L. Hubbell to look at his influence on the development of weaving art in terms of colour, design, fibers, yarn, construction, and usage.
Navajo Sandpaintings: From Religious Act to Commercial Art
Theses
Author/Creator
Nancy Jean Parezo
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1981.
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.
New Media Cultures: Protocols for Producing Indigenous Australian New Media
E-Books
Author/Creator
Terri Janke
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
Nuvisavik: The Place Where We Weave
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Hickman
Cathleen Knotsch
July Papatsie
Maria Von Finckenstein
Nuvisavik: The Place Where We Weave
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Betty Kobayashi Issenman
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, Populations et migrations / Populations and Migrations, 2002, pp. 207-210
Description
Book review of: Nuvisavik edited by Maria von Finckenstein.
On Crossing Lines and Going Between: An Interview with Marjorie Beaucage
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Janice Williamson
Tessera, vol. 22, Summer / Été, 2002, pp. [144]-163
Description
Interview with the Saskatoon-based Métis filmmaker, art educator and video activist.
One Arrow Pow Wow July 12 2002. - Slide.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Image of several Aboriginal youth in ceremonial dress dancing at the Pow Wow.
Historical note:
One Arrow Cree First Nation signed Treaty 6 on September 6, 1878; while the One Arrow Reserve is located 53 km southwest of Prince Albert, the band has a total of 9,331.4 ha surrounding the South Saskatchewan River. This band settled on its reserve late in the autumn of 1880, in what was considered a fine location to begin agricultural development. As the chief was old, a headman by the name of Crowskin was in charge of the band in 1882, and contributed much to its development.One Arrow Pow Wow July 13/14 2002. - Slide.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Image of welcome sign at One Arrow First Nation.
Historical note:
One Arrow Cree First Nation signed Treaty 6 on September 6, 1878; while the One Arrow Reserve is located 53 km southwest of Prince Albert, the band has a total of 9,331.4 ha surrounding the South Saskatchewan River. This band settled on its reserve late in the autumn of 1880, in what was considered a fine location to begin agricultural development. As the chief was old, a headman by the name of Crowskin was in charge of the band in 1882, and contributed much to its development.One Arrow Pow Wow July 13/14 2002. - Slide.
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Description
Image of female Aboriginal elder seated at the Pow Wow.
Historical note:
One Arrow Cree First Nation signed Treaty 6 on September 6, 1878; while the One Arrow Reserve is located 53 km southwest of Prince Albert, the band has a total of 9,331.4 ha surrounding the South Saskatchewan River. This band settled on its reserve late in the autumn of 1880, in what was considered a fine location to begin agricultural development. As the chief was old, a headman by the name of Crowskin was in charge of the band in 1882, and contributed much to its development.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.
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.