Art & Colonization

Museology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2017. Three cases studies: Burke Museum and the Stó:lō Nation; the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and the Siksika Nation; and the Field Museum and the Haida Nation.

Looks at the exhibition "The Indian Act Revisited" at the Huron-Wendat Museum in Quebec.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.13.

Questions about art and whether it should be referred to in the western sense or whether art is the repository and communicator of those with culturally specific knowledge.

Includes some photographs, illustrations and details of belts.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

Discusses museums as instruments of colonial domination, appropriating, decontextualizing, and commodifying sacred objects, and the importance of moving to an Indigenous approach to culture. Duration: 42:48.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, 1987.

Introduction to a special themed issue on the connections and relationships between art, activism, resurgence, and resistance and how Indigenous artistic creation is connected to history, land, and community.

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.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--National University of Ireland, Galway, 2013.

Article focuses on the artwork of people from the northwest coast; notes that historically, scholarship and collection practices have excluded some of the range of artistic production; advocates for more inclusive practices of scholarship, collection, and exhibition.

Discusses representations of the Comanche people in both historic and contemporary films and other media; describes ways in which cinematic Comanche (actors and performers) worked to subvert mainstream narratives and portrayals of their people.

Article examines the process and effects of the heritagization of Tamu (Nepal) music; considers some of the dynamics of the cross-cultural relationships between different Indigenous and colonizing groups within Nepal and the push to safeguard intangible culture.

Examines the relationship between art, identity and culture and the discourses surrounding contemporary Indigenous art.

Describes relationship-building process which led to the creation of the Hodul'eh-a: A Place of Learning gallery at the Exploration Place Museum and Science Centre in Prince George, BC. The gallery, a collaboration between the city and the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, received a Governor General's Award in Community Programming. The Gallery “serves as a model for how Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities can work together to reclaim traditional spaces, protect cultural assets, and promote a greater understanding and respect for Indigenous history and experiences.”

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1990.

Reviews how the assertion by Aboriginal peoples that they define their own histories served to interrupt and redefine the western idea of scholarly privilege, as it applied to several public representations of indigenous languages and cultures at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1998.

Examines the use of language in the identification of Native American artifacts and the stereotypes that are perpetuated by their usage.

Focuses on images created by engraver Theodore De Bry, painter Albert Bierstadt, and photographer Edward S. Curtis. Art Honors Thesis (B.A.), Appalachian State University, 2019.

Explores the subversive and satirical practice of creating souvenirs for settler-tourists arguing that the small totem poles carved as keepsakes were in fact a form of resistance to settler colonialism.

Discusses the cultural practice of tattooing among Inuit women and the way that Indigenous artists preserved knowledge of the practice post-contact through an appropriation of Western materials and drawing practices.

Author examines the repatriation of an artifact from the Roald Amundsen/Gjoa Haven Collection held at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, Norway to the Nattilik Heritage Centre in Gjoa Haven.

History of Art and Architecture Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 2009.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.

Examines how the film responds to the orchestral piece Suite: Indian, composed by Edward MacDowell.

Examines works by Jimmie Durham and James Luna as examples of artists who challenge Western expectations of what "authentic" Indian art is.

Overview of the conference addressing issues in Aboriginal performance art.

Discusses art as a European concept, and that before the 18th century painting, sculpture, dancing, ritual were done as part of the cultural fabric.

Art and Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Arkansas, 2007.

Website examines performance art practices arising from the Aboriginal culture. Contains essays, art images, videos, and resources.

Examines the Swampy Cree two-spirit filmmaker and visual/performance artist who reinterprets North American history.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.

Planning Thesis (MES)--University of Waterloo, 2017.

Uses Jeff Barnaby’s film, File Under Miscellaneous, and SyFy’s series, Helix, to discuss the subtleties inherent in Gerald Vizenor’s concept of “survivance” and Archille Mbembe’s competing logics of “martyrdom and survial.” Considers these as elements of resistance to colonial biopolitics.

A manual to support communities and museums that are in the beginning stages of planning for the return of cultural properties to their home nations in BC and at national and international levels. Includes case study of repatriating Haida ancestral remains.

Fine Arts Thesis (MFA)--The University of British Columbia (Okanagon), 2015.

Discusses how the artist uses parody in his works by painting in the style of Kane and Catlin but introducing subject matter that challenges the stereotypes they depict.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.S.Sc.)--University of Windsor, 1985.

Political Science Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2014.

Artist Rebecca Belmore discusses the political and social realities of her work.

Mixed media artist Tom GreyEyes talks about his art being political messages coming from the Indigenous perspective on colonialism, decolonization and protest.

Introduction to the special issue "Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations"; discusses the theme of the issue and provides a brief overview of the included articles.

Discusses how Native American filmmakers have used films to tell their own versions of history.

Book review of: The Transatlantic Indian edited by Kate Flint.