Arts & Culture
Alone in the Snow, Alone on the Beach: "A Global Sense of Place" in Atanarjuat and Fountain
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica L. Horton
Journal of Transnational American Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-25
Description
Analysis of film directed by Zacharias Kunuk and performance piece by artist Rebecca Belmore in terms of representations of local concerns, as opposed to global concerns.
[American Eyes on Aboriginal Art]
Alternate Title
Crossing Cultures
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Will Owen
Description
Art collector speaks about his collection, Crossing Cultures, exhibited at the Hood Museum of Art and his trek discovering the art and culture of Indigenous Australia.
Duration: 1:02:30.
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
Description
Notes that while many colleges or universities offer American Indian art history as a course of study, few offer courses in Native American art.
“Anarchy on the Rez”: The Blues, Popular Culture, and Survival in Sherman Alexie's Reservation Blues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin Moling
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 1-22
Description
Argues that Alexie appropriates elements such as stanza form, improvisation and syncopation in support of the theme of persistence in the face of othering, oppression and extinction.
Ancient North American Art Surfaces in the Art World: A Review of Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand
Alternate Title
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand: American Indian Art of the Ancient Midwest and South
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Hollowell
American Anthropologist, vol. 107, no. 3, September 2005, pp. 489-487
Description
Reviews exhibition and additional context related to the awareness of these objects as ancient art.
Anthropologies and Histories of Art : A View from the Terrain of Native North American Art History
Alternate Title
[Clark Conference 2003]
[Clark Studies in the Visual Arts]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
Description
Discusses changes in attitudes about the relationship between the two disciplines.
Chapter from Anthropologies of Art edited by Mariët Westermann.
An Anthropology of Repatriation: Contemporary Physical Anthropological and Native American Ontologies of Practice
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann M. Kakaliouras
Current Anthropology, vol. 53, no. S5, The Biological Anthropology of Living Human Populations, April 2012, pp. S210-S221
Description
Examines the social, cultural and political issues surrounding the repatriation of historical materials, sacred and significant objects, and human remains.
Appropriation of Aboriginal Oral Traditions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Callison
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Issue: Material Culture in Flux: Law and Policy of Repatriation of Cultural Property, 1995, pp. 165-181
Description
Discusses various aspects of appropriation: historical and modern methods, justifications given, political implications, current legal framework and proposals for protection.
Architecture as a Living Process
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Douglas J. Cardinal
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 22, no. 1, Creating Power in the Land of the Eagle, 1998, pp. 3-9
Description
Keynote address presented at the 4th Annual Conference of the Canadian Aboriginal Science and Technology Society.
Art and Identity: Secondary Students Discovering a “Sense of Self” Through Creating Artworks and Webpages
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Munday and Jennifer Rowley
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-23
Description
Article reports on a Koorie art club that eventually evolved into an art class; discusses elements and approaches implemented that allowed the class to become a site of exploration and self-discovery for the youth that participated.
Art and Spirit: The Artistic Brain, the Navajo Concept of Hozho, and Kandinsky’s “Inner Necessity”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles D. Laughlin
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, vol. 23, no. 1, 2004, pp. 1-20
Description
Discusses the relationship between art and spirit, with a special reference to the way Navajo art is used in healing ceremonies to evoke and channel power.
Art as a Weapon: The Inverted Gaze in Julius Lips The Savage Hits Back
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Katharina Brus
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 185-206
Description
Article explores the history of the book The Savage Hits Back or the White Man Through Native Eyes and contextualizes it within the global social and political events contemporary to its writing.
Art, Craft, and Assimilation: Curriculum for Native Students during the Boarding School Era
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kevin Slivka
Studies in Art Education, vol. 52, no. 3, Spring, 2011, pp. 225-242
Description
Compares the educational philosophies and methods of Richard Pratt, founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, and Estelle Reel, the Superintendent of Indian Schools between 1898-1910.
The Art of Connectivity: Broadband and Nunavut's Cultural Sector
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Erin Yunes
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2015, pp. 36-40
Description
Comments on the need for a strong broadband network enabling artists to connect to the global economy.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 36.
The Art of Native Life: Exhibiting Culture and Identity at the National Museum of the American Indian
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel E. G. Griffin
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 3, 2007, pp. 167-180
Description
Examines an exhibit Listening to Our Ancestors: The Art of Native Life along the North Pacific Coast to evaluate how it is perceived and promoted by Native American staff and community consultants, and non-Native American staff at the Museum.
The Art of Recalling: Lapland and the Sami in the Art of Emilie Demant Hatt and Johan Turi
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara Sjoholm
Feminist Studies, vol. 40, no. 2, Special Issue: Food and Ecology, 2014, pp. 356-303
Description
Discusses Hatt's inspiration for drawings from collaborating with Johan Turi on their book "Muitalus Sámi Birra" (An Acount of the Sami) and her life experiences living with the Sami people.
An Art of Saying: Joy Harjo's Poetry and the Survival of Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joy Harjo
Mary Leen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 1, Winter, 1995, pp. 1-16
Description
Literary criticism piece that explores the narrative style of poet Joy Harjo; argues that the embedded cultural narratives along with the storytelling format makes Harjo’s poetry a form of both literary resistance and cultural resurgence.
The Art of Snowshoe Making
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Department of Northern Saskatchewan
Description
The 25-minute black-and-white video filmed and produced by staff of the Department of Northern Saskatchewan in 1978 at Deschambault Lake It records the making of snowshoes, from the splitting of a log to the completed snowshoes.
ART Sauvage: Indian Acts
Alternate Title
In the Eye of a Wendat: Rethinking Action Art as Art Sauvage/Indian Acts
INDIANacts: Aboriginal Performance Art
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Guy Sioui Durand
Description
Discusses various concepts of artistic expression in Aboriginal performance art.