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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.
Green Lake Trail, 1994
Images » Photographs
Description
Image showing old cart ruts on the old trail running northwest from Prince Albert. The ruts run left to right, with trees in background. On back of photograph: "Ron Brown on the east of Briarlea Cairn."
Green Lake Trail, 1994
Images » Photographs
Description
Image showing old cart ruts on the old trail running northwest from Prince Albert. The ruts are at centre, with trees in background; summer scene.
Green Lake Trail, 1994
Images » Photographs
Description
Image showing old cart ruts on the old trail running northwest from Prince Albert. The ruts run from foreground to background at centre, with trees and a white car parked in background; summer scene. A man [Ron Brown] walks away from camera.
Hands of History
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Loretta Todd
Description
Looks at aesthetic philosophies, techniques and personal styles of four Aboriginal female artists; Doreen Jensen, Rena Point Bolton, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal-Schubert.
Duration: 51:49.
Holman Printmaking
Theses
Author/Creator
Angela R. Skinner
Description
Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1990.
The Hopi Craftsman Exhibition: The Creation of Authenticity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda B. Eaton
Expedition, vol. 36, no. 1, March 1994, pp. 24-32
Description
Comments on museums selling Native American art out of an exhibit.
Images of Hechenu: Ethnohistorical Notes on a Northern Sierra Mewuk Village
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Gary Maniery
Dwight Dutschke
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 18, no. 1, 1994, pp. 1-28
Description
Discussion of the photographic record of the Hechenu village in the first decade of the twentieth century.
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 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.
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.
International Perspectives on Inuit Art
Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 15-23
Description
Overview of collecting, research and teaching, and exhibitions in Canada, United States, Great Britain, Soviet Union, Germany, etc.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Interpreting Native American Art and Culture: Transformations and Changes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary B. Davis
Art Documentation, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1990, pp. 183-186
Description
Discusses Northwest Coast art and wampum, traditional sacred shell beads of the Northeast.
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 Art: A Dynamic Art Form
Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 12-14
Description
Very brief overview of the environment at the time.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art: A Regional Perspective
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 3, Fall, 1994, pp. 32-35
Description
Review of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, March 18 to September 11, 1994.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 32.
Inuit Art Activity in Public Galleries in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. [60]-63
Description
Discusses the importance of donations of private collections.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art at the University
Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 104-106
Description
Results of survey of Canadian institutions' teaching and research activities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art at Three Canadian Universities and Two American Universities
Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 107-110
Description
Highlights the collections and activities of the University of Lethbridge, Queen's University, York University, University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Michigan.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
Inuit Art in Germany
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Werner Zimmerman
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 4, Special Issue: Inuit Art World, Fall/Winter, 1990/1991, pp. 20-23
Description
Focus on the Inuit Galerie in Mannheim.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll down to appropriate page.
The Inuit Imagination
Articles » General
Author/Creator
George Swinton
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, Summer, 1994, pp. [30]-35
Description
Exhibition review of: The Inuit Imagination at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, November 7, 1993 to March 13, 1994.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 30.
The Inuit Imagination: Arctic Myth and Sculpture
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dorothy Speak
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 2, Summer, 1994, pp. 43-45
Description
Book review of: The Inuit Imagination by Harold Seidelman and James Turner.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 43.
Irene Avaalaaqiaq: In Baker Lake an Inuit Artist Stitches Together the Old and the New
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Betty A. Jordan
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 3, [10th Anniversary], Fall, 1994, pp. 108-111
Description
Short description of the textile artist's wall hangings which are inspired by traditional Inuit stories.
Isumavut. Canadian Museum of Civilization. Hull
Articles » General
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 4, Winter, 1994, p. 76
Description
Commentary on an exhibition that featured works by nine Cape Dorset women. Themes included survival, land, animals, families and children.
Janvier and Morrisseau: Transcending a Canadian Discourse
Theses
Author/Creator
Curtis J. Collins
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1994.
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.
Lady Oracle: Jane Ash Poitras and the First Nations Phenomenon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gillian MacKay
Canadian Art, vol. 11, no. 3, Fall, 1994, p. 74
Description
Poitras, once labeled an angry artist, believes anger is foreign to Indigenous philosophies and traditions, instead dictates forgiveness. Her works have display evils done to First Nations people by the church, Western materialism, residential schools and alcohol, but her own worldview is that trials and suffering lead to redemption.
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.
Locke Setman, Emil Nolde and the Search for Expression in N. Scott Momaday's The Ancient Child
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthias Schubnell
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 18, no. 4, Autumn, 1994, pp. 468-480
Description
Literary criticism article which considers Momaday’s novel and its commentary on the connections between art, culture, identity and expression.
"Lower Than the Angels": The Weight of Jim Logan's Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
N. Alexander Easton
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 10, no. 1, 1990, pp. 133-141
Description
Biographical information and commentary on this Métis artist's work and influences.
Mabel McKay: Weaving the Dream
Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Greg Sarris
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.
Meditations on Womanhood: Ovilu Tunnillie
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Peter Millard
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter, 1994, pp. 20-23
Description
Exhibition review at the Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., 1994.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll go page 20.
Moccasins Into Slippers: Traditions and Transformations in Nineteenth-Century Woodlands Indian Textiles
Alternate Title
[Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings]
[Textiles in Trade]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth B. Phillips
Description
Comments on the changes in textiles and other types of art due to the replacement of indigenous materials with Euro-American materials.
Nampeyo and the Sikyatki Revival: Creating a Legend With Hopi Ceramics
Theses
Author/Creator
Deborah Elizabeth Tibbel
Description
Fine Arts Thesis (M.F.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1994.
The Native American Fine Art Movement: A Resource Guide
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Archuleta
Michelle Meyers
Susan Shaffer Nahmias
Jo Ann Woodsum
Jonathan Yorba
Description
Based on the exhibition Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century, the focus is on artists from the Southwest and Oklahoma.
Native Art and School Curriculum: Saskatchewan Aboriginal Artists' Perspectives
Theses
Author/Creator
Linda Marie Lysyk
Description
Visual and Performing Arts in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1990.
Native Art is Contemporary Art
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
John K. Grande
Description
Chapter from Balance: Art and Nature gives brief discussion of works by various artists including: Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Eric Robertson, Pierre-Léon Tétreault, Peter Morgan, Glenna Matoush, Eric Robertson, and Jimmie Durham.
Native Images: Aboriginal Leaders: A Photo Essay
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denis J. Okanee
Native Studies Review, vol. 9, no. 2, l993-1994, p. 75–86
Description
Presents introduction and black and white photographic images of Aboriginal leaders. Individuals are identified by name.
Native Images: Images of Great Lakes Indians by Paul Kane, 1845-1848
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Paul Kane
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 111-117
Description
Series of black and white archival drawings with annotations.
Native Images: Images of the Treaty Process 1871–1950
Images » Photographs
Native Studies Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Advocacy and Claims Research, 1990, p. 89–113
Description
Black and white archival photographs dealing with treaty negotiations.
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