Arts & Culture

Highlights the role of the Institute of American Indian Arts school and the designs of Lloyd Kivan New, Wendy Ponca, Pilar Agoyo, and Patricia Michaels. Duration: 45:00.

A brief history on how the double sided Staples rug was probably produced and the outside influences of the Navajo weaving tradition.

(Art?) Thesis (Ph.D.)--Leiden University, 2012.

Discusses the work of Paul Yuxweluptun.

Cultural Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2007.

Law change in United States provides for artifacts to be returned by museums and federal agencies to their original tribal owners. Entire issue on one pdf to access article scroll to p. 28.

Brief history and comments on imitation and reproduced tithu dolls.

Original entitled "Indian Relics Horns and Antlers." Possibly from a private collection in or near Medicine Hat, Alberta. Includes numerous bison and deer horns and antlers hanging on a wall. On the back is written "You will notice 3 stone balls at the bottom of this snap. The Indians used them for bowling on the green." Two rifles also appear visible.

Uses Fort Vancouver National Historical Site in Portland, Oregon and the Meewasin Valley Authority in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan as case studies to discuss how urban parks might contribute to reconciliation if they support Indigenous identities and cultural activities.

Comments on the unsuitability of Western art history approaches to the critical analysis of Inuit art. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 6.

Describes how through the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) crafts fair women are adjusting to urban living and that the fair, in addition to the money, is a place where social bonds are created and women learn to feel more empowered.

Discusses how Oscar Howe has created a liner abstract design concept that utilizes the formal elements of line, color and space to bridge the gap between traditional Indian values and the world of contemporary art.

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 2011.

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

Examines how a group of contemporary American Indian artists explore a redefinition of themselves, individually and collectively.

Pledge of $5 million to acquire over 2,500 pieces of Inuit art including sculpture, painting and other works.

Artist demonstrates the process of creating a soapstone relief print. Students then produce their own self-portrait. Accompanying material: Study Guide. Duration: 11:24.

Discuss Waln’s use of hip hop as a venue to resist colonially imposed tropes of toxic/hyper masculinity and the indian, and to reestablish authentic Indigenous masculinities and collaboration with Indigenous feminists.

Literary criticism article in which the author examines the ways that Hopkins uses liminality and liminal identity as a means of social critique and of subversion, as well as an intersection of creativity.

Canadian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2008.

Provides overview of anthology which chronicles the history of perceptions about cultural objects as "art". Preface and introduction to Native Art of the Northwest Coast: A History of Changing Ideas edited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer, and Ḳi-ḳe-in.

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

Looks at how important Yolngu art has become to the community.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.

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.

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.

Discusses Finnish art works depicting Sami people as romanticized without any true cultural representation.

History Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1988.

Entitled: "Remnants of the Aborigines". Postcard. Image of twelve (one infant and four children) people sitting around a fire.

2nd edition.

Literary criticism article that emphasizes the need for a culturally informed perspective in the criticism of Indigenous literatures; stresses the roles of reciprocity, humour, and the act of positioning the self as a fiction.

Commentary on interview with artist Tammy Rahr. Chapter one from: "Our Indian Princess": Subverting the Stereotype by Nancy Marie Mithlo.

Folder contains a booklet from the imagineNATIVE Film and Video Screening and Distribution tour, and one from the imagineNATIVE Media Arts Festival, 2002.

This folder contains a program from the 2001 imagiNATIVE Media Arts Festival, which features work from indigenous artists across Canada.

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

Looks at the history of Native Net, a nation-wide computer based multimedia communication network, and the development of CyberPowWow, an online gallery and chat room produced by the Aboriginal collective Nation to Nation.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2008.

Visual and Performing Arts in Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1983.

Environmental Design Thesis (MEDes)--University of Calgary, 2012.

Arts Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1985.

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

Commentary looks at historical influences Native American culture had on the prevailing society. In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 1 In Pursuit of Dancing the Indian Way: Part 2

Discusses the social consequences of the pots and containers of Zuni Indians acquired in 1920-1930 by Euro-American institutions.