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Aboriginal Art: Sacred and Profane

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Anthony White
Art Journal , vol. 59, no. 4, Winter, 2000, pp. 105-107
Book review of: Contemporary Aboriginal Art: A Guide to the Rebirth of an Ancient Culture by Susan McCulloch.
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"Aboriginal Art: Who Was Interested?"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Thomas
Journal of Art Historiography, no. 4, June 2011, pp. 1-10
Looks at art-museum attraction to Aboriginal art. Revised article originally titled: "Aboriginal Art as Art: Who Was Interested?".
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Aboriginal Arts in Canada: Points for Discussion

Alternate Title
Reflection Paper (National Gathering on Aboriginal Artistic Expression)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeanette C. Armstrong
From the National Gathering on Aboriginal Artistic Expression.
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Aboriginal Arts Research Initiative: Report on Consultations

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
France Trépanier
Discusses the uniqueness and specificities of Aboriginal art and the significance of traditional and contemporary art practices on Aboriginal communities and more broadly in Canada and internationally.
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Aboriginal Canada Revisited

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Roy Todd
British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 22, no. 2, 2009, pp. 270-271
Book review: Aboriginal Canada Revisited edited by Kerstin Knopf.
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Advertising Plains Indian Art in the 1980s

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurie Meijer Drees
Native Studies Review , vol. 7, no. 2, 1991, pp. 1-13
Discusses advertising of traditional and contemporary art with the intent of gaining insight into current attitudes, perceptions and appeal.
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American Indian Art: Teaching and Learning

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melanie Anne Herzog
Sarah Anne Stolte
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring, 2012, pp. 85-109
Notes that while many colleges or universities offer American Indian art history as a course of study, few offer courses in Native American art.
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Anthropology, Art and Contest

Alternate Title
Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeremy MacClancy
Introduction to themes in the volume which include: anti-colonialism, anti-racism; painting propaganda, picturing power; individuals, groups, categories; art as property; concepts and objects; and the marketing of art. Chapter 1 from Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World edited by Jeremy MacClancy.
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Arctic Bay Atlas

Web Sites » Organizations
Online community based atlas project. Contains audio map of 300 traditional place names in Inuktitut, interactive quest map, traditional maps and artist biographies with their artwork.
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Arctic Dreams & Nightmares

Alternate Title
Arctic Dreams and Nightmares
Book Reviews
Inuktitut, no. 77, 1995, p. 52
Book review of: Arctic Dreams & Nightmares by Alootook Ipellie.
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An Art of Survivance: Angel DeCora at Carlisle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Ruggles Gere
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3/4, The Recovery of Indigenous Knowledge, Summer/Autumn, 2004, pp. 649-684
Features the life and works of the author, a supporter of Native American arts who taught at the Carlisle (Pennsylvania) Indian School from 1906 to 1915.
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The Art of the Eskimo

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nora T. Corley
Arctic, vol. 18, no. 1, March 1965, p. 65
Book review of: The Art of the Eskimo by Shirley Glubok, designed by Oscar Varus, special photography by Alfred H. Hamerin.
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[Art of the Northern Tlingit]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marjorie M. Halpin
Art Bulletin, vol. 70, no. 3, September 1, 1988, pp. 534-535
Book review of: Art of the Northern Tlingit by Aldona Jonaitis.
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The Assiniboine

Alternate Title
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History ; v.4, pt.1
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert H. Lowie
Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History
Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.4 (p.1-270 , 3 plates)
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An Athapaskan Type of Knife

Alternate Title
National Museum of Canada. Anthropology papers ; no. 9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Edward S. Rogers
Looks at the provenance given, place of manufacture, age, use, material and shape of seven knives.
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The Beaver in Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marius Barbeau
The Beaver, vol. 75, no. 1, February/March 1995, pp. 32-?
Discusses its significance to several North American Indigenous tribes.
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“Because we are Natives and we stand strong to our pride”: Decolonizing HIV Prevention with Aboriginal Youth in Canada Using the Arts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Flicker
Jessica Danforth
Erin Konsmo
Ciann Wilson
Vanessa Oliver ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 5, Winter, 2013, pp. 4-24
Description of the Taking Action! Building Aboriginal Leadership in HIV Prevention Using Arts-based Methods research project. Focuses on four pieces created by participants from Kahnawá:ke First Nation, Kettle and Stony Point & Aamjiwnaang First Nations, Montreal, Toronto, and Charlottetown.
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