Theses
Author/Creator
Shelby Richardson
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.
Cyrus Dallin's The Scout: Civic Identity Cast through a Native
Equestrian Monument
Theses
Author/Creator
Edward Albert Bear
Description
[Global Indigenous Nations Studies] Thesis--University of Kansas, 2019.
Dana Claxton, The Mustang Suite and Hybrid Humour
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Amber Berson
Description
Artist's own experiences as a hybrid subject influence her work and represents the reality of most Aboriginal people today. Includes annotated photographs from exhibition.
Deaconess Winifred Hilliard and the Cultural Brokerage of the Ernabella Craft Room
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana J. B. Young
Aboriginal History Journal, vol. 41, 2017, pp. 71-94
Description
Discusses the Presbyterian missionary's time with the Anangu, her role as both an art and intercultural broker, and her book, The People In Between: The Pitjantjatjara Peoples of Ernabella.
Digital Indigeneity: Digital Media's Uses for Identity Formation Education, and Activism by Indigenous People in the Northeastern United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Virginia A. McLaurin
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022.
Discursive and Mediatic Battles in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Carlos Eduardo Meneghetti Scholles
Description
Modern Foreign Literatures [?]--Universidade Federal do Grande do Sul, 2010.
Discussing Portraiture, Representation and the Social Consequences of Photography: A Photographic Conversation Between Jeff Thomas and Edward S. Curtis
Alternate Title
Picturing Children and Youth: A Canadian Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Zoe Koke
Description
Discusses the interconnectivity between past and present in photographs by Jeff Thomas and Edward S. Curtis.
Disposable Red Woman: Guerrilla Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Destin RunningRabitt
Iman Bukhari
Description
Guerrilla art display was placed on various streets in Calgary with the hope of evoking empathy and a sense of urgency in society to intervene with this injustice. Artists filmed the public's reactions.
Duration: 4:55.
Early 19th Century Men's Southeast Moccasins in the Creek Style
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Kostelnik
Whispering Wind, vol. 45, no. 3, May 2017, pp. 6-12
Description
Looks at Creek culture and craft.
Economic Impact Study: Nunavut Arts and Crafts: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nordicity Group
Uqsiq Communications
Description
Analysis of commercial arts and crafts sector includes direct and indirect economic impact, value chain profile, artists profile, market and sales channels, tools and materials, and challenges and strengths.
Edgar Heap of Birds
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jessica Landau
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 96-97
Description
Book review of Edgar Heap of Birds by Bill Anthes.
Entrepreneur Gets Hand Up From Dragons
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Ashawasegai
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, pp. 20-21
Description
Introduction to Quemeez, a handmade baby moccasin-making company, and the entrepreneurial story behind them.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
Exploring the Relocation Experiences of Female Indigenous Youth in Foster Care through Storywork
Theses
Author/Creator
Cheryl Inkster
Description
Counselling Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
First Peoples' Heritage, Language & Culture Council
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Peoples’ Heritage
Language and Culture Council
Description
Website contains consultation, guidance, support and funding for First Nations’ people of British Columbia’s communities for language, arts and culture projects.
Framing Colonialism: An Analysis of Kent Monkman’s mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jason E. Evoy
The Confluence, vol. 1, no. 2, 2022, p. article 5
Description
Discusses two-panelled work commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. One panel, entitled Welcoming the Newcomers, depicts the moment of first contact, the other, entitled Resurgence of the People, depicts contemporary struggles of Indigenous peoples.
Framing the Past
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Colin Reid
Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 1, February/March 2017, p. 8
Description
Editor's introductory article to issue comments on the exploitation of Indigenous peoples in the late 1800s by photographers looking to capture, "cowboys and Indians".
"Free Your Mind," from the Series Crazymaking (2007)
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tania Willard
BC Studies, no. 193, Spring, 2017, p. 5
Description
Brief statement by cover artist and description of her work as a curator.
From a Whisper to a Scream
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Canadian Art, vol. [27], no. [4], Winter, 2010, pp. 102-107
Description
Focuses on artist Dana Claxton and her exhibition Sitting Bull and the Moose Jaw Sioux.
From the Caribbean to the South Pacific: Cultural Hybridity, Resistance, and Historical Difference
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria E. Posse Emiliani
ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 62-80
Description
Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.
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
Garden of Relatives Coloring Book
Alternate Title
Garden of Relatives Colouring Book
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Hawlii Pichette
Description
Colouring pages based on design that features plants and the animals associated with them.
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.
Germaine Arnktauyok: An Inner Sight
Articles » General
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 4, Winter, 2010, pp. 16-23
Description
Brief biography of the Inuit painter and printmaker.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to page 16 to read article.
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.
A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function: Poems and Paintings
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Susan Bernardin
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 22, no. 1, Spring, 2010, pp. 121-125
Description
Book reveiw of: A Half-Life of Cardio-Pulmonary Function by Eric Gansworth.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 121.
The Haudenosaunee Flag Raising: Cultural Symbols and Intercultural Contact
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie J. Waterman
Philip P. Arnold
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 1/2, 2010, pp. 125-144
Description
Provides a brief overview of the Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga Nation and the schools involved in the flag raising.
High Tech Storytellers, Unsettling Acts, Decolonizing Pedagogies
Alternate Title
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lynne Bell
Lori Blondeau
James Luna
Rebecca Belmore
Description
Focuses on two performance pieces: James Luna's The Chapel of the Sacred Colours and Rebecca Belmore's The Indian Factory.
History of Cape Dorset and the West Baffin Co-operative
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jennifer Alsop
Description
Discusses associations which were established to encourage production and marketing of Inuit artworks
I Am But a Little Woman
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gyu Oh
Description
Animated version of a poem written in 1927. No dialogue. Acommpanying material: I am But a Little Woman: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 4:39.
Imagining and Visualizing “Indianness” in Trudeauvian Canada: Joyce Wieland’s The Far Shore and True Patriot Love
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kristy Holmes
RACAR, vol. 35, no. 2, 2010, pp. 47-64
Description
Analyzes a film and artist's book about the Inuit by a non-Inuit in terms of the political environment at the time.
Imagining Drumbytes and Logging in Powwows: Exploring the Production of Community in Canadian-Based Aboriginal New Media Art
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Victoria Guglietti
Seachange, The Face-to-Face, Spring, 2010, pp. 51-80
Description
Looks at the history of Native Net, a nation-wide computer based multimedia communication network, and the development of CyberPowWow, an online gallery and chat room produced by the Aboriginal collective Nation to Nation.
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.
Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine's Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920s
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bunny McBride
Harold E. L. Prins
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.
Indigenous (Re)Memory and Resistance: Video Works By Dana Claxton
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carla Taunton
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 44-[?]
Description
Explores how filmmaker indigenizes social memory through archival photographs and film, personal interviews, contemporary music and iconic images.
Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture
Alternate Title
Women and Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shari M. Huhndorf
Cheryl Suzack
Minnie Grey
Rebecca Tsosie
Laura E. Donaldson ...
Leece M. Lee
Kim Anderson ... [et al.]
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.
Introduction to Blackfoot Quillworking Techniques
Alternate Title
[Kaahsinnooniksi Ao'toksisawooyawa: Our Ancestors Have Come to Visit: Reconnections with Historic Blackfoot Shirts]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah Magee Sherer
Description
Lesson plan developed in conjunction with exhibition of Blackfoot shirts loaned from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, to the Glenbow and Galt Museums in Alberta.
Suitable for ages 12 and up.
Introduction to Determinants of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples Health in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
We’es Tes, Sandra Martin Harris
Christine Añonuevo
Margo Greenwood
Roseann Larstone
Tabitha Robin
Yvonne Boyer ...
Cassandra Felske-Durksen
Lisa Boivin
Armand Garnet Ruffo
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
Miyawata Dion Stout
Mary Teegee ...
Ryan O’Toole ...
Laura McNab-Coombs
Danièle Behn Smith
Shannon Waters
Aluki Kotierk
Garry Gottfriedson
Margo Greenwood ...
Jaimie Isaac
Thomsen D’Hont
Marjolaine Siouï ...
Marie-Pier Paul ...
Lee Maracle ...
Donna L. M. Kurtz
Jessie Nyberg
Charlotte Coté
Harmony Johnson
Danièle Behn Smith ...
Norma Dunning
Inuit Art and HBC: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
Inuit Art and the Hudson's Bay Company: Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dawn Martens
Connie Wyatt Anderson
Description
Examines the company's role in fostering the development, promotion, collection and market for Inuit art. Suitable for Grades 4 to 12.
Inuit Art: Markers of Cultural Resilience
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Heather Igloliorte
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1-2, Spring/Summer, 2010, pp. 4-11
Description
Discusses artists' responses to the impact of residential schools and cultural assimilation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 4.
"It's a Double-Beat Dance": The "Indian Cowboy" in Indigenous Literature, Art, and Film
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Deena Rymhs
Intertexts, vol. 14, no. 2, Special Issue: Literature, Gender & Culture in Indigenous North America, Fall, 2010, pp. 75-92
Description
Focuses on how the figure of the cowboy has influenced concepts of Aboriginal masculine identity and various responses from the artistic community.
Itee Pootoogook "... A Comfort Level in the Medium"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Newton
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 3, Fall, 2010, pp. 7-15
Description
Profile of the artist.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 7.
James Earl Fraser's The End of the Trail: Affect and the Persistence of an Iconic Indian Image
Theses
Author/Creator
Wendy L. Butler
Description
Art Thesis (M.A.), Concordia University, 2010.
Discusses works by James Luna, Terrance Houle, and Kent Monkman.