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Author/Creator
Katie Dahl
Canada's History, vol. 95, no. 3, June-July 2015, p. 19
Description
Contains a plea from the Hudson Bay Company Archives asking for help identifying people from thousands of photographs taken in northern Canadian communities from 1920 to 1960.
"Faces We Remember": Assessing Visual Memory Depth among the Yupik of Chukotka and St. Lawrence Island
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Igor Krupnik
Etudes Inuit Studies, vol. 45, no. 1/2, Chukotka: Understanding the Past, Contemporary Practices, and Perceptions of the Present, 2021, pp. 63-91
Description
Examines the visual memories of Yupik and Chukotka elders based on historical photographs and the importance of physical visual collections.
Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joyce Rain Anderson
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 130-132
Description
Book review of: Floral Journey by Louis S. Dubin.
For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jenny Tone-Pah-Hote
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 193-194
Description
Book review of: For a Love of His People edited by Nancy Marie Mithlo.
Fort Marion Prisoners and the Trauma of Native Education
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Curtis F. Foxley
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 176-177
Description
Book review of: Fort Marion Prisoners and the Trauma of Native Education by Diane Glancy.
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 Breath to Beadwork: Lessons Learned From a Trauma- Informed Yoga Series With Indigenous Adolescent Girls Under Youth Protection
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica W. G. Barudin
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 1, Honouring the Sacred Fire: Ending Systemic Racism toward Indigenous Peoples, 2021, pp. 21-37
Description
Examines the use of culture with yoga and meditation as means to help at-risk Indigenous youth.
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.
From the Hands of a Weaver: Olympic Peninsula Basketry through Time
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Turner
BC Studies, no. 186, Summer, 2015, pp. 157-158
Description
Book review of From the Hands of a Weaver edited by Jacilee Wray.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access this review scroll to p. 157.
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.
The Gift of the Face: Portraiture and Time in Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian"
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cortney Smith
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 211-212
Description
Book review of: The Gift of the Face by Shamoon Zamir.
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.
Group of Six Coloring & Activity Book
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jaxon Anderson
Daelynn Doxtater
Emily Pitts
Sydnie Thomas
Frankie Warner ... [et al.]
Description
Artwork designed by youth artists from the Six Nations, Grand River Territory.
Hlk’yak’ii: To Start a Fire
E-Books
Author/Creator
Haida Gwaii Museum
Swiilawiid Sustainability Society
Kay Jaada Nathalie Macfarlane
Wiiget Jaad Cherie Wilson
Description
Catalogue for exhibition of the same name.
Huichol Women, Weavers, and Shamans
E-Books
Author/Creator
Stacy B. Schaefer
Ideals of Authenticity: Euro-American Sculptural Representations of Native Americans at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
Theses
Author/Creator
Anna Jaegerová
Description
[Art History] Thesis (M.A.[?])--Masaryk University, [2021]
Images of the Surreal: Contrived Photographs of Native American Indians in Archives and Suggested Best Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zachary R. Jones
Journal of Western Archives, vol. 6, no. 1, Native American Archives Special Issue, 2015, p. article 6
Description
Discusses the historic phenomena of staged photographs and how archivists should deal with this genre of photographs.
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 Absence of the Co-operative: Labrador Inuit Artists and Southern Art Schools
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Britt Gallpen
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3-4, Nunutsiavut!, Fall/Winter, 2015, pp. 45-53
Description
Discusses the educational experiences of the artists.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 45.
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.
Indigeneity, Art as Meditation: A Contemporary Case Study from Urban Indigenous America
Theses
Author/Creator
Rachel Eta Hill
Description
American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015.
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 Artists' Needs Assessment Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kate Vermette
Creative Manitoba's Indigenous Programs
Description
Includes information gathered from three Indigenous Artist Circles, full-day focus group in 2012, and a province-wide survey conducted in 2014. Overall recommendations were: mentorship programs, access to cultural teachings, community building, business and entrepreneurial education, funding resources and more access to employment opportunities.
Indigenous Criticism: On Not Walking with Our Sisters
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Garneau
Border Crossings, vol. 34, no. 2, June-August 2015, pp. 78-82
Description
Discusses artist Rebecca Belmore's refusal to attend the "Walking with Our Sisters" exhibition due to the requirements of wearing a dress and smudging before entering in the context of tensions between traditionalist and secular artists and artworks, and Indigenous criticism of Indigenous culture.
Indigenous Men and Masculinities: Legacies, Identities, Regeneration
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Alexander Innes
Kim Anderson
Bob Antone
Scott L. Morgensen
Leah Sneider ...
Erin Sutherland ...
Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair
Philip Borell
Robert Henry
Allison Piché
Lloyd L. Lee
Ty P. Kāwika Tengan
Richard Van Camp
Warren Cariou
Gregory Scofield
Daniel Heath Justice
Sasha Sky
John Swift
Indigenous Women and Street Gangs: Survivance Narratives
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert Henry
Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: Overview
Alternate Title
WIPO Publication ; no. 933E
E-Books
Author/Creator
World Intellectual Property Organization
Interpretive Guide and Hands-on Activites: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program: ᐊᐧᐃᐧᓯᐦᒋᑲᐣ = Wawisihcikan = Adornment
Alternate Title
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program
Documents & Presentations
Description
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.
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.
KC Adams Stares Down Stereotypes against Aboriginal People
Alternate Title
q (radio program) ; March 18, 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
KC Adams
Jelena Adzic
Description
Interview with artist about portrait series Perceptions, which addresses racism. Describes portraits taken of Aboriginal people in two lights.
Duration: 19:57.
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.
Laguna Pueblo: A Photographic History
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lee Marmon
Tom Corbett
A Lakota War Book From the Little Bighorn: The Pictographic "Autobiography of Half Moon"
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Colin G. Calloway
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 309-310
Description
Book review of: A Lakota War Book From the Little Bighorn by Castle McLaughlin.
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.
Mediating Indianness
Alternate Title
American Indian Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
Billy J. Stratton
Sonja Georgi
Cathy Covell Waegner
A. Robert Lee
Ellen Cushman …
Kimberly Blaeser
Evelina Zuni Lucero ...
Nicolle Dragone ...
Gordon Henry Jr.
American Indian Studies Series
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.
Membertou Heritage Park: Craft Table at the Port of Sydney
Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ken Medd
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief business case study looks at the viability of initiative, which sold locally-produced crafts to cruise ship tourists.
Mshkikenh Ikwe Niin (I am Turtle Woman):The Transformative Role of Anishinaabe Women’s Knowledge in Graduate Research
Theses
Author/Creator
Lana Ray
Description
Indigenous Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--Trent University, 2015.
Native Art in Canada: An Ojibwa Elder's Art and Stories
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Native Art in Canada
Description
Contains links to information on woodland art, Ojibwa culture, spirituality, food, birch bark canoes, and tanning hides.
Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Maria Tippett
BC Studies, no. 185, pp. 193-195
Description
Book review of Native Art of the Northwest Coast edited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer, and Ki-ke-in.
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
Neal Ambrose-Smith: The Artistic Modernity of Indianness
Theses
Author/Creator
Erik Parker
Description
Art and Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of New Mexico, 2015.