Ancient Arts

Examines whether the Inuit may be direct cultural and blood descendants of Upper Palaeolithic European humans through a comparison of art.

Archaeology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2011.

Compares contemporary Woodland Indian fine arts with the prehistoric artistic traditions of the Eastern Woodland region, suggesting notable similarities of subject and form, possibly due to the central role of art in the cultural revitalization of both periods.

Discovery of a tubular bead shows the presence of trade copper and its importance to the Northern Plains chronology.

Book review of: A Cosmos in Stone by J. David Lewis-Williams. Review located by scrolling to page 265.

Looks at the appearance and development of a picture text and its use to date for a variety of things from church hymns to shopping lists.

Book review of: The Return of Culture Treasures by Jeanette Greenfield.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2000.

Chemistry Thesis (Ph.D.)-- Texas A & M University, 1994.

Looks at how youth are reworking identity in Inuit communities through music.

Virtual exhibit of archeological artifacts from First Nations people in prehistoric Quebec.

Describes how 500 year old smoking pipes left archaeological evidence that links the St. Lawrence Iroquoians of Jefferson County with the Mohawks, Oneidas, and Onondagas of Upstate New York.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003.

Describes shards found in the Birch Hills - Muskoday area, compares them to pottery of the east and southeast and proposes a cultural context for their uncommon occurrence in southern Saskatchewan.

Presents a written version of an academic play in four acts that was performed at the Native American Literature Symposium on November 30, 2000. It begins with historical essays on Lakota oral tradition and ends with discussion on comtemporary Native theater. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 32.

Discusses the historical and cultural importance of Pueblo pottery. Honors Thesis, Ball State University,1994.

Comments on pictographs created between 3-7,000 years ago at the Xa:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre which was designated a National Historic Site in 1992.

Comments on six little known historic sites that mark encounters between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2009.

Discusses how and when mud glyph caves were utilized by Native Americans for resource exploitation and burial ritual activity.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Pictographs of the North American Indians by Garrick Mallery Pottery of the Ancient Pueblos by William H. Holmes Ancient Pottery of the Mississippi Valley by William H. Holmes Origin and Development of Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art by William H. Holmes A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture-Growth by Frank Hamilton Cushing

Review of the history and style, spanning several thousand years

Site contains links to Indigenous historical and contemporary material drawn from the Canadian Museum of Civilization's artifact and archival collections including thousands of photographs.

Provides information about aboriginal ceramics and pottery-making. Includes links to a virtual exhibition, pottery-making techniques, and conservation.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Arizona State University, 2002.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinios at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.

Book review of: Glyphs and Gallows: The Rock Art of Clo-oose and the Wreck of the John Bright by Peter Johnson. To access this review, scroll to page 117.

"From the Report of the U.S. National Museum for 1895 ..."

Petroglyphs are located along routes of deer migration which suggest a connection to hunting and perhaps hunting-magic.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2015.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 2003.

Discusses the changing depictions of lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) in the stories and images and compares Indigenous to non-Indigenous representations.

Discussion of an international initiative to control access to indigenous knowledge, aimed at protecting sacred and secret knowledge and ensuring proper compensation for intellectual property which is shared.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New York at Buffalo, 2002

Looks at the history of "written culture".

Book review of: Inauthentic Archaeologies by Troy Lovata. Review located by scrolling to page 303.

Book review of:Indian Art Traditions of the Northwest Coast by Roy L. Carlson. To read review, scroll to page 77.

This booklet lists Aboriginal boulder effigy sites in North America, with emphasis on Saskatchewan. Sites included are Minton, Onion Lake and Ogema, all in Saskatchewan, and Steveville and Cluny, in Alberta. It also lists other stone configurations made on the soil.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Issue includes three articles about pottery.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including grave goods from a burial mound and ancient West Indian arrowheads.

Reprint of Diamond Jenness's article on archaeological findings in Canada relating to Aboriginals and Inuit peoples.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

"National publication for the Indians of Canada". Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record. Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.

This booklet lists primitive pictograph and petroglyph sites in Saskatchewan, the majority found in northern Saskatchewan. It details the discovery and conditions of the sites.

A photograph of a sketch of an Indian (Cree?) Sundance ceremony.