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.
Giving Life to the Truth: Indigenous Art as a Pathway to Archival Decolonization
Theses
Author/Creator
Petra Lundy
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba/University of Winnipeg, 2018.
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.
Haa Léelk'w Hás Ji.Eetí, Our Grandparents' Art: A Study of Master Tlingit Artists, 1750-1989
Theses
Author/Creator
Zachary R. Jones
Description
Ethnohistory Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2018.
Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists: Teacher's Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marlena Myles
Description
For use with exhibition of the same name.
Related material: Interviews with artists.
Honouring: Project of Heart / Speaking to Memory
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Comox Valley Art Gallery
SD71 Indigenous Education Services
Description
Produced to accompany exhibition which incorporated aspects of two other projects: Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St. Michael’s Indian Residential School and Project of Heart: Illuminating the Hidden History of Indian Residential Schools in BC. One of the main features of the exhibition was a commemorative canoe decorated with tiles created by students from participating schools.
Hustling and Hoaxing: Institutions, Modern Styles, and Yeffe Kimball’s “Native” Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Anne Stolte
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 77-92
Description
Uses the work of the self-proclaimed Osage artist to discuss the way that American culture's definition of "Indianness" allowed her to achieve success but created barriers for other Indigenous female artists.
Identity in Cultural Appropriation: Native American Representations in Euro-American Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kellie Morgan Doran
Description
Focuses on images created by engraver Theodore De Bry, painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographer Edward S. Curtis.
Art Honors Thesis (B.A.), Appalachian State University, 2019.
“If Only It Makes Them Pretty”: Tattooing in “Prompted” Inuit Drawings
Alternate Title
Si seulement ça les rendait jolis: Les tatouages dans les dessins inuit incites
« Si seulement ça les rendait jolis » : Les tatouages dans les dessins inuit « incités »
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jamie Jelinski
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 211-241
Description
Discusses the cultural practice of tattooing among Inuit women and the way that Indigenous artists preserved knowledge of the practice post-contact through an appropriation of Western materials and drawing practices.
Image-based Storytelling: A Visual Narrative of My Family’s Story
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Boivin
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 37, September 17, 2018, pp. E1112-E1113
Description
A series of paintings and text written by the artist narrate pieces of her father’s story, and through the narrative offer a comparison of Dene and Western world-views and understandings of well-being. Journal has reversed the text of the third and fourth paintings.
"Imitation White Man": Images of Transformation at the Carlisle Indian School
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lonna M. Malmsheimer
Studies in Visual Communication, vol. 11, no. 4, Fall, 1985, pp. 54-75
Description
Using photographs from the Carlisle Indian boarding school to examine the historical value of photographs as both visual artifacts and constructed ideals the same as the written word.
Improving Visual Arts Programs for Navajo Students Through Discipline-Based Art Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Roberto Randall Beeshligaiiyitsidi
Description
Arts Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1985.
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.]
Incorporating Culture: How Indigenous People Are Reshaping the Northwest Coast Art Industry
E-Books
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Princess Crowned Elizabeth Stonesand
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 7 negatives from the crowning of Elizabeth Stonesand as Prince Albert Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Princess on April 20, 1985. Seven scanned images show Stonesand recieving her title.
Indian Artist: Eddy Poitras
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Deanna Wuttunee
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, July 1985, p. 47
Description
Describes career of a Regina artist who graduated from the Art Program at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College (SICC).
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 Summer: Reclaiming and Revitalizing Native American Identity through Art
Alternate Title
Native American Symposium ; 12th, 2017
Representations and Realities
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jennifer L. McMahon
Description
Discusses the work of visual artist Summer Zah; highlights the way in which the artist engages with media stereotypes and representations, and the effects they can have on individual identities as well as on mainstream perceptions of Indigenous peoples.
Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee Member
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains one negative showing an assembled group of delegates at an Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee meeting, presumably in Prince Albert, SK, on May 22, 1985.
Indian Youth Heritage Days Conference
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 2 negatives of a panel discussion group from the Indian Youth Heritage Days conference (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on July 3, 1985.
Indian Youth Heritage Days Conference, Tipi Village
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 3 negatives of a tipi village from the Indian Youth Heritage Days conference (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on July 3, 1985.
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.
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.
The Indigenous Arts Archive: Indigenizing the Spencer Museum of Art’s Database
Theses
Author/Creator
Katelyn Trammell
Description
[Museum Studies Project (MMSt)--Kansas University, 2019.]
Indigenous Arts & Stories
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Historica Canada
Description
Website for the art and creative writing competition for Indigenous youth. Includes links to past winners' submissions, guidelines for submissions, information about prizing, and section for teachers.
Indigenous Comics and Graphic Novels: An Annotated Bibliography
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Taylor Daigneault
Amy Mazowita
Candida Rifkind
Camille Callison
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 11, no. 1, Summer, 2019, pp. i-xxxvi
Description
Focuses on material with self-identified Indigenous creators and publishers published as of March 2019. Divided into anthologies, series, and individual works.
Indigenous Comics Studies Bibliography: Scholarly Journal Articles & Books
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Candida Rifkind
Description
Brief list.
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Shekon Neechie
Description
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Indigenous Knowledge and Prospects for Income and Employment Generation: The Case of Handicraft Production among Rural Women in Tanzania
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda
Jehovaness Aikaeli
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 76-118
Description
Examines the extent that handicraft products can create income for women in Tanzania; considers issues of seasonal activity, a lack of start-up capital, difficulty obtaining raw materials, and low prices for finished products. Looks at the implications for policy makers wanting to improve the viability of hand crafted products as an income source for rural Tanzanian women.
Injichaag: My Soul in Story
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rene Meshake
Inspiration from Museum Collections: An Exhibit as a Case Study in Building Relationships between Museums and Indigenous Artists
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwendolyn Saul
Ruth Jolie
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 2, spring, 2018, pp. 246-270
Description
Discusses the Elements of Earth ceramics exhibit as a model for collaborations between institutions and Indigenous communities and individuals.
The Institutionalization of Art Within Two Internal Colonies: A Comparative Study of the Inuit and the Navajo
Theses
Author/Creator
Kathleen Anne Cross M'Closkey
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.S.Sc.)--University of Windsor, 1985.
Interpretive Guide & Hands-on Activities: Nitssaakita’paispinnaan: We Are Still in Control
Alternate Title
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Travelling Exhibition Program
Art Gallery of Alberta
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Blackfoot artists Kristy North Peigan, Smith Wright, and Lori Scalplock.Topics include survey of First Nations art in the twentieth century, introduction to Blackfoot history and culture, and artist interviews and biographies.
Intertribal Powow held at Pinegrove Correction Centre
Images » Photographs
Description
File contains 12 negatives of dancers from the Intertribal Pow Wow held at the Pinegrove Correction Centre, Prince Albert, SK, August 25, 1988.
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.
Inuit Participation in the Wage and Land-based Economies of Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
2017 Aboriginal Peoples Survey
E-Books
Author/Creator
Paula Arriagada
Amanda Bleakney
The Inuit Sea Goddess
Theses
Author/Creator
Nelda Swinton
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1985.
Ironic Confrontation as a Mode of Resistance: The Homeland Security T- Shirt at the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cortney Smith
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 339-364
Description
Article analyzes the narrative presented on the Homeland Security t-shirt [Graphic tee which has the words “Homeland Security” emblazoned above an image of Geronimo with three fellow Apache warriors and the words “Fighting Terrorism since 1492” located below the photograph]. Discusses how this narrative forms a rhetoric of critique and resistance.
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.
Lakota Women's Artistic Strategies in Support of the Social System
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marsha Clift Bol
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 1985, pp. 33-51
Description
Determines the function of the arts in Lakota society before the move to the reservation.
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.
Made with Love: Tracing Personal and Cultural Resilience in Annie Pootoogook’s Drawings
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Emily Lawrence
Description
Art History Major Research Paper (M.A) - Ontario College of Art & Design University, 2018.
Mazinigwaasowin = Beadwork
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nagaajiwanaang Genawendangig Anishinaabemowin
Description
Colouring book with text in Ojibwe and English.
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.
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of North America: Culture as a Tool to Denounce
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elisa Tripotin
Description
Main focus is The REDress Project and its subsequent use in other works.