Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joanna Cohan Scherer
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2011, p. 155
Description
Book review of: Life at the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency by Kristina L. Southwell and John R. Lovett.
Reviews
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
June Nash
Renée Ater
James J. Garrett
William Willard
S. Carol Berg
Malinda Maynor Lowery
Rebecca Kugel
Marie Watkins
Robert Keith Collins
James D. Drake
David M. Brugge
Arif Dirlik
Kenichi Matsui
Qwo-Li Driskill
J. Cedric Woods
et. al.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, 2011, pp. 119-185
Description
Book reviews of:
2000 Years of Mayan Literature by Dennis Tedlock.
Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject by Kirsten Pai Buick.
Conservation Refugees: The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples by Mark Dowie.
Delaware Tribe in a Cherokee Nation by Brice Obermeyer.
Demons, Saints, & Patriots: Catholic Visions of Indian America through The Indian Sentinel (1902–1962) by Mark Clatterbuck.
Robert Houle: Life & Work
Alternate Title
Robert Houle: Life and Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Shirley Madill
Robert Houle: Painting the Untold
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rhiannon Throop
Description
Discusses how Robert Houle communicates with his Aboriginal heritage by relaying personal and cultural histories in his work.
Robert Houle: Paris/Ojibwa.
Alternate Title
The Art Gallery of Peterborough Education Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The Art Gallery of Peterborough
Description
Teacher's guide developed to accompany the multi-media exhibition.
Rolland R. Lutz--Pioneer North Dakota Photographer--Part 3
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richard Green
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 3, Issue 277, September-October 2011, pp. 18-22
Description
George Lutz recounts stories while living at Mandan, North Dakota and helping his father Rolland produce thousands of postcards of Native Americans. Includes photographs.
Running the "Medicine Line": Images of the Border in Contemporary Native American Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Morris
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, Fall, 2011, pp. 549-578
Description
Discusses the issues of transnationalism and its role in contemporary Native American art.
Ruth Cuthand: Back Talk
Alternate Title
Ruth Cuthand - Artist Feature
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jen Budney
Ruth Cuthand
Description
Saskatoon's Mendel Art Gallery features the Prince Albert, SK born artist in a comprehensive, mid-career retrospective.
The Scenes of Seeing: Frances Benjamin Johnston and Visualizations of the "Indian" in Black, White, and Native Educational Contexts
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tova Cooper
American Literature, vol. 83, no. 3, September 2011, pp. 509-545
Description
Looks at the systemization of identity, based on race, through examination her photographs of students.
Sea-lion Whiskers and Spray-crete: The Affect of Indigenous Status in Contemporary British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte Townsend-Gault
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 16, no. 4, Special issue: Materializing identities, December 2011, pp. 416-428
Description
Examines the conflicting ways in which artifacts and cultural heritage of First Nations are understood and how contradictory positions are to be reconciled.
The Sea Woman: Sedna in Inuit Shamanism and Art in the Eastern Arctic
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Lisa-Jo van den Scott
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 168-170
Description
Book review of: The Sea Woman by Frédéric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten.
The Secret's Out; Our Artists Were Subversive
Alternate Title
Reflections
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maria Campell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 5
Description
Comments on the accomplishments of Indigenous artists, writers, musicians and dancers and the honourable way in which they have led Aboriginal people.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
The ‘Secularization’ Process of Diné Commercial Sand Paintings and the Persistence of Religious Values: A Critical Discussion, Concerning the Diné People in Southwestern North America ...
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason Falkenburg
Description
Discusses the differences between sand art for spiritual ceremonies and commercialized sand painting for the western art-market.
Some Thoughts on "Taking" Pictures: Imaging "Indians" and the Counter-Narratives of Visual Sovereignty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morgan F. Bell
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 85-104
Description
Overview of the history of photographs of and by Native Americans.
The Space In-Between Cultures: Site-Specific Meeting Places of Indigenous and European Knowledges
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristina Parzen
Description
Art History Thesis (BA) -- University of British Columbia, 2020.
Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation: Teachers' Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tasha Henry
Description
For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.
Stealing Horses and Hostile Conflict: 1833-34 Drawings of Mato-Tope and Sih-Chida
Theses
Author/Creator
Kimberly Minor
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Nebraska, 2011.
Le Stéréotype dans les Monuments Historiques : Le Regard de Jeff Thomas et de Bill Reid sur la Représentation et l'Autoreprésentation Autochtones dans l'Espace Public Canadien
Theses
Author/Creator
Gabrielle Davoine-Tousignant
Description
Étude des Arts (M.A.)--Laval University, 2011.
Stitching Ourselves Back Together: Urban Indigenous Women’s Experience of Reconnecting with Identity Through Beadwork
Theses
Author/Creator
Shawna Bowler
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Victoria, 2020.
The Studio of Painting at the Santa Fe Indian School: A Case Study in Modern American Identity
Theses
Author/Creator
Milanne Shelburne Hahn
Description
History Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2011.
The Sweet Smell of Home: The Life and Art of Leonard F. Chana by Leonard F. Chana, Susan Lobo, Barbara Chana
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
David Martínez
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 2, Digital Technologies and Native Literature, Summer, 2011, pp. 100-103
Description
Book review of: The Sweet Smell of Home by Leonard F. Chana, Susan Lobo, and Barbara Chana.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 100.
Tah'lum Indigenous Artist Collective Colouring Book: Volume 1: Michif and Lekwungen
Alternate Title
Tah'lum Indigenous Artist Collective Colouring Book: Volume 2: SENĆOŦEN
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jesse Campbell
Brianna Bear
Sarah Jim
Natassia Davies
Description
Talking Back to the West: Contemporary First Nations Artists and Strategies of Counter-Appropriation
Theses
Author/Creator
Christina Marie Froschauer
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2011.
Taxidermic Signs: Reconstructing Aboriginality by Pauline Wakeham
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jerome Bump
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall, 2011, pp. 137-138
Description
Book review of Taxidermic Signs by Pauline Wakeham.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 137.
TD Gallery of Inuit Art
Alternate Title
Toronto Dominion Gallery of Inuit Art
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Toronto Dominion Bank
Natalie Ribkoff]
Description
Website contains links to images of sculptures accessible by region or subject, and a history of the company's collection.
Terrance Houle: Road Warrior
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Murray Whyte
Canadian Art, Fall, 2011, pp. 144-149
Description
Discusses how the artist uses humour to subvert mainstream stereotypes about Aboriginals using the Urban Indian photographic series as an example.
Through Our Eyes: Expressing Aboriginal Culture Grade 9 NAC 10
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Eastern Ontario Catholic Curriculum Cooperative
Description
Presents materials designed to help teachers implement the Ontario Grade 9 Native Studies curriculum.
Revised version, 2016.
The Time of Things: The Continuum of Indigenous Customary Practice into Contemporary Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
France Trépanier
Description
Catalogue for exhibition of the same name which featured works by Daphne Boyer, Maureen Gruben, Susan Pavel, Skeena Reece, and Marika Echachis Swan.
To Walk in Beauty: A Navajo Family's Journey Home
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeff Berglund
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 1, Winter, 2011, pp. 138-140
Description
Book review of: To Walk in Beauty: A Navajo Family's Journey Home by Stacia Spragg-Braude.
The Tortoise and the Air
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Enright
Brian Jungen
Border Crossings, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2011, pp. 20-36
Description
Interview with Brian Jungen, an artist who uses mass-produced objects in his sculptures.
Tough Job Being a Role Model in the Arts World
Alternate Title
Arts & Entertainment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Iron
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 9, October 2011, p. 12
Description
Discusses artists, entertainers and oneself as role models.
Article located by scrolling to page 12.
Toward a Native Archive: Chicago's Relocation Photos, Indian Labor, and Indigenous Public Text
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Megan Tusler
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 3, Summer, 2018, pp. 375-410
Description
Article provides a literary historical reading of photographs from the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ (BIA) photo archive of the “relocation project.” Discusses the relocation as both an institutional and an aesthetic venture.
Traces / Re-Traced: Reconstructing Identity: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernard Leroux
Description
Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Thesis (MFA)--Ontario College of Art and Design, University of Toronto, 2018.
Traditional Alaska Transition Skills: Iñupiaq Sewing Skills
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frances Gage
Rain Van Den Berg
Description
Designed to give teens and young adults with disabilities an improved quality of life, connection to culture and increased work related skills.
Travelling Miniatures: Kerry & Co.'s Postcards of the Pacific (1893-1917)
Theses
Author/Creator
Nicole Peduzzi
Description
World Art Studies and Museology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of East Anglia, 2011.
Treaties in the Classroom Embraces Artistic Aspect
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michelle Jones
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 6, June 2011, p. 15
Description
Describes a travelling art exhibit, worked on by over 300 students and guided by Cree/Métis artist Ray Keighley, that bring treaties to life as an art form.
Article located by scrolling to page 15.
Understanding Museums: Australian Museums and Museology
E-Books
Author/Creator
Des Griffin
Leon Paroissien
Anne-Marie Condé
Ian Cook
Tim Hart
Martin Hallett ... [et al.]
Unsettling the Archive: Intervention and Parody in Contemporary Indigenous Photography
Theses
Author/Creator
Reilley Bishop-Stall
Description
Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2018.
Focuses on the work of Wendy Red Star, Ken Gonzales Day, Meryl McMaster, Chris Bose, Kent Monkman and Da-ka-xeen Mehner.
UP and DOWN the COAST: Records of Missions to First Nations in British Columbia
Alternate Title
Records of Missions to First Nations in British Columbia: UP and Down the COAST
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Website includes digitized archival images and documents of United Church of Canada missions to First Nations communities in British Columbia during the period of 1850 to 1975.
Visualizing Sovereignty in the Time of Biometric Sensors
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jolene Rickard
South Atlantic Quarterly, vol. 110, no. 2, Sovereignty, Indigeneity, and the Law, 2011, pp. 465-486
Description
Discusses expressions of sovereignty through the artwork of four contemporary Iroquois artists; G. Peter Jemison, Alan Michelson, Samuel Thomas, and Marie Watt.
A Voice in the Silence: Constructing Identity Through The Visual Arts
Theses
Author/Creator
Brieahn DeMeo
Description
Arts Management Thesis (M.A.)--American University, 2011.
Welcoming the Wild Salmon Caravan: Socially Engaged Art as a Decolonizing Practice
Theses
Author/Creator
Bonnie Klohn
Description
Art Education (MA) -- Concordia University, 2020.
Wendy Red Star: Challenging Colonial Histories and Foregrounding the Impacts of Violence Against Indigenous Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Virginia Barrett Hellmann
Description
Art History Thesis (BA) -- University of Colorado, 2018.
When the City Sleeps, We Dream of Disruption: A Review of Lisa Jackson's Transmissions Exhibition
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karlene Harvey
BC Studies, no. 205, Spring, 2020, pp. 103-107
Description
The author looks at Lisa Jackson's 2019 video exhibit and notes the artist's use of diverse methods to reach more people from different backgrounds.
The White Woman’s Indian: Laura Gilpin in the American Southwest
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Irene Maness
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of California Riverside, 2018.
Why the 90s Were so Sexy: Locating Sexuality, Pleasure and Desire in Work Produced by Indigenous Women Identified Artists During the 1990s and Early 2000s in Canada
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Emma Steen
Description
Art History Major Research Paper (M.A) -- Ontario College of Art & Design University, 2020.
The Wombat to Kaptn Koori: Aboriginal Representation in Comic Books and Capes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Luke Pearson
Description
Discusses how Aboriginal characters have been depicted in mainstream comics generally written and illustrated by non-Aboriginals.
Woven Kin: Exploring Representation and Collaboration in Navajo Weaving Exhibitions
Theses
Author/Creator
Teresa M. Montoya
Description
Social Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Denver, 2011.
Yup'ik Cosmology to School Mathematics: The Power of Symmetry and Proportional Measuring
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerry Lipka
Dora Andrew-Ihrke
Eva Evelyn Yanez
Interchange, vol. 42, no. 2, Circumpolar Indigenous Issues, Knowledge, Relations to Education, Science and Mathematics, May 2011, pp. 157-183
Description
Comments on the Math in a Cultural Context curriculum which effectively brings together cultural knowledge and challenging mathematics.