Arts & Culture

Interview at studio in Henderson, Nevada.

Three copies of poster with information advertising the 125th Anniversary Treaty #6 Commemoration events at Fort Pitt and Onion Lake, Saskatchewan on 5-9 September 2001.

Poster advertising the 125th Anniversary Commemoration of the signing of Treaty #6, held in both Fort Carlton and Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan.

The video, titled 1992 Elders Conference: Moose Hide Preparation and Birch Bark Basket Making (Cree Version), records these two activities at the elders gathering. Camera by Harry Opekokew and Allan Adam, Cree translator Abel Charles, post production by Sam Hardlotte.

Historical note:

A video produced in 1994 by Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment, Northern Education Services Branch and Pahkisimon Nuye?ah Library System recording parts of the 1992 Elders Conference north of La Ronge.

The 30-minute video records the activities at the 1993 Gathering of Elders near La Ronge.

Historical note:

A video entitled '1993 Gathering of Elders' was recorded in 1993 by Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment and shows the activities of the gathering. Camera was by Sam Hardlotte, Glen Markwart and R.J. Morin, narration was by Abel Charles, and post-production was by Sam Hardlotte.

The 30-minute video records the activities at the 1993 Gathering of Elders near La Ronge.

Historical note:

A video entitled '1993 Gathering of Elders' was recorded in 1993 by Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment and shows the activities of the gathering. The footage was edited into a finished video in 1994. Camera was by Sam Hardlotte, Glen Markwart and R.J. Morin, narration was by Abel Charles, and post-production was by Sam Hardlotte.

Discusses the mural in a chamber in Xultún that confirms the Mayan calendar does not predict that the world will end.

File contains 14 negatives of Aboriginal art displayed for Vincent Massey Students May 25, 1989. The art displayed includes a variety of traditional items such as snowshoes, mukluks, beadwork, and minature totem poles. In eight of the negatives an unidentified man is shown holding up a minature tipi. In the other negatives art is displayed on tables.

Video explanation, by Peggy Flores, an artist and educator, how the beliefs of the Australian Aborigines are reflected in their art, which in turn shows the connection between man and nature.

Book review of: Contemporary Aboriginal Art: A Guide to the Rebirth of an Ancient Culture by Susan McCulloch.

Looks at the value and relevance of a funding program that assists the creative and professional development of emerging Aboriginal artists.

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.

Examines the emergence of the Aboriginal art movement and its significance today in the context of the Will Owen and Harvey Wagner Collection of Aboriginal Australian Art. Duration: 1:04:07.

Beaded mats from the Little Pine First Nation on Display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society Show. Date unknown.

Historical note:

Includes note on back: "When the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society disbanded a collection of mats and other articles were given to the museum at Fort Battleford"

Article seeks to illustrate the complexity of the ownership issue and urges governments and museums to reevaluate perceived rights to cultural property.

Bilingual site provides links to art, reviews, publications, exhibitions, biographies and profiles of artists' exhibiting in the ACC Gallery.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Vienna, 2010.

Literature review centering on customary protocols.

Canadian Heritage Development Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 1998.

Discusses the best approach to contemporary Aboriginal art of tradition communities. Chapter in book: Religion and Media edited by Hent de Vries and Samuel Weber.

Book review of: Aboriginal Music in Contemporary Canada edited by Anna Hoefnagels and Beverley Diamond.

A photograph showing numerous Aboriginal pipes from what seems to be a private collection. Evidently the donor was from the Medicine Hat, Alberta area as the back is stamped "Medicine Hat Photo Finishers." On the back of the photograph is inscribed "34 Stone pipes in a nice oak case. I have quite a number of the stems."

A photograph of various Aboriginal artifacts including a bow and quiver with arrows, a flintlock pistol, an axe head, and a pipe. On the back is inscribed "This bow is half wood and half sinew There is no other like it in Canada. The Two long painted arrows were used on Buffalo. The gun is a flint lock." Presumably from a private collection in Medicine Hat, Alberta. On the back is typed "The Pender Agencies . . . Medicine Hat Canada".

Reports on the conference of the same name held on November 20-22, 2008 at the University of Montreal. (French version also available.)

Follow world chapmpion hoop dancer, Dallas Arcand, as he discovers new and traditional elements of First Nation culture. Mix of animation and live action. Duration: 5:03.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Biography of one of the few teachers who created a positive environment for students by incorporating cooperative learning and creative arts into his curriculum.

Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Michigan, 1981.

Fine Art Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 1998.

Article analyzes Sámi philosophical perspectives and approach to music and politics.

Examines Inuit media production, global marketing and distribution strategies.

Focuses on the depiction of Indigenous cultural objects as a contemporary practice, specifically via still photography.

Discusses how early drawings relate to contemporary Islander art and to regional artistic traditions, reaffirming Aboriginal identity.

Presents lesson plans to assist teachers on traditional clothing of the Northern Plains Indians including the artistic and cultural expression of clothing. Developed for K-12.

Discusses issues surrounding objects which are valued as "art" by Western collectors as opposed to their contextual value to those who produce them.

Essay in which the author summarizes a series of interviews they conducted with Zapatista cultural promoter and artist Gustavo Chávez Pavón; considers how the murals speak to Indigenous solidarity between Mexico and Palestine, and to similarities across the Global South.

Focuses on how the results of anti-racist activities are less than were expected ten years earlier.

Discusses the Sámi poem, Beaivi, Áhčážan (The Sun, My Father) by poet Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (Áillohaš).

Art Studies and Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oulu, 2003.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 2012.

Music Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1996.

A volume of Algonquin folklore collected by Egerton R. Young. Young compiled a large collection of stories and edited some of them into what he percieved to be their "purest" forms. The book was written to appeal to both the serious scholar and young readers for entertainment value.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Albany, State University of New York, 2000.

English Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 1996.

Social Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--Brock University, 2011. Focuses on works by Christi Belcourt, David Garneau, and Rosalie Flavell.

Examines ceremonies of the Kwakiutl people of British Columbia.

Examines how the writer, Thomas King, explores the conflicting storytelling traditions of Native Americans and European/North Americans regarding colonialism.