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Outsourcing Reconciliation: The Government of Canada's #IndigenousReads Campaign and the Appropriation of Indigenous Intellectual Labor

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Pauline Wakeham
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 1-30
Description
Author examines the #IndigenousReads campaign, considering it as a case study of reconciliatory gestures made by the Canadian Government; points out that reconciliation projects rely too heavily on the work of Indigenous writers and scholars, and fail to build cross-cultural relationships.
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"Painting by R. Lindemere of an Indian dance costume."

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Richard Lindemere
Description
A black & white photograph of Richard Lindemere's painting of an Aboriginal person in ceremonial dress. The person wears a fur [bear] robe and a [wolf] mask and carries a hand drum and a large spear.
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Painting Native America in Public: American Indian Artists and the New Deal

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicolas G. Rosenthal
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 47-70
Description
Article considers American Indian artists from the New Deal era and stresses Indigenous engagement with modernity and the role played by Indigenous peoples in the creation of modern American culture and society.
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Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul Travini
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 4, July/August 1991, p. 18
Description
Book review of: Papunya Tula by Geoffrey Bardon.
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Patricia Carriere Turns Moose Hair Into Art

Articles » General
Description
Patricia Carriere uses moose hair to create works of art. Her method is known as moose-hair tufting and is a traditional aboriginal art form. Two pictures: one of Patricia Carriere working her craft, one example of her artwork.
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Patrick Scott--Feather Fans

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Durkin
Whispering Wind, vol. 35, no. 2, March-April 2005, pp. 4-6
Description
Overview of artist Patrick Scott's life and discussion of his art work. Focuses on the construction of and materials used in his feather fans. Includes photographs.
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Patterns of Exchange: Navajo Weavers and Traders

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Paul G. Zolbrod
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 196-198
Description
Book review of: Patterns of Exchange by Teresa J. Wilkins. Scroll down to page 196 to read review.
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Patuanak... Combining Old And New

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Department Of Northern Saskatchewan
Graham Guest
Description
A profile of the northern community of Patuanak, Saskatchewan. Images included are as follows. Page one: cover; one picture of moose hide cleaning. Page two: one picture of father Moraud's grave. Page three: Patuanak in spring. Page four: three pictures; children making string designs; birch toboggans; local business man. Page five: seven pictures; mukluks; mittens; moccasins; porcupine quills; birch bark basket; bone flesher.
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Paul Kane’s “Wanderings”

Articles » General
Author/Creator
G. W . Snelgrove
Saskatchewan History, vol. 4, no. 3, Spring, 1951, pp. 102-106
Description
Describes the travels and work of the artist and adventurer who was commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) to sketch portraits of Indigenous peoples. Entire issue on one pdf file, scroll to page 102.
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The People of Saskatchewan in Pictures: The First Nations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Georgina M. Taylor
Saskatchewan History, vol. 51, no. 1, Spring, 1999, pp. 8-
Description
A short article by the editor accompanying and commenting selected photographs that can be found throughout the issue. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 8.
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The People of Saskatchewan in Pictures: The Francophones

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
André Lalonde
Richard Lapointe
Saskatchewan History, vol. 52, no. 1, Spring, 2000, pp. 16-
Description
A short article accompanying and commenting on selected photographs that can be found throughout the issue. Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 16.
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People of the Potlatch

Alternate Title
Canada Presents
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Laura Boulton
Description
Documents life of the Native people in northern British Columbia. "Archival film reflects the social and cultural values and beliefs prevalent at the time of production." Durations: 21:00.
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Perehudoff painting, at Batoche Museum.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
William Perehudoff
Description
Image of painting by Perehudoff which hangs in the museum at Batoche. The painting depicts the Northcote hitting the lowered ferry cables, May 9, 1885.
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Perehudoff Painting at Batoche, Riel w/ Cross

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
William Perehudoff
Description
Photograph of Perehudoff a painting which hangs in the Batoche Museum. The images depicts Riel riding on horseback through the gun pits yielding a cross above his head.
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Pererhudoff painting 2, Batoche museum

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
W. Perehudoff
Description
Image of painting by Perehudoff hung at the Museum at Batoche. Depicts fighting, men with rifles, one on horseback, possibly at Duck Lake.
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Persistence of Vision: Current Issues of Native American Art and History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Janet Catherine Berlo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, 1986, pp. 65-70
Description
Book reviews of: Lost and Found Traditions: Native American Art 1965-1985 by Ralph T. Coe. A Persistent Vision: Art of the Reservation Days by Richard Conn. The Song of the Loom: New Traditions in Navajo Weaving by Frederick J. Dockstader. Bill Reid: Beyond the Essential Form by Karen Duffek. Robes of Power: Totem Poles on Cloth Doreen Jensen and Polly Sargent. Bill Reid by Doris Shadbolt.
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Photography's Other Histories

Alternate Title
Objects/Histories
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Driessens
Michael Aird
Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie
Roslyn Poignant
James Faris ... [et al.]
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Placing Aboriginal Art at the National Gallery of Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne Whitelaw
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 31, no. 1, [Special Issue: Culture, Heritage, and Art], 2006, pp. 197-214
Description
Discusses the challenges associated with displaying historical objects in a gallery, such as the presentation of works from a non-Indigenous conception of artistic value.
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The Plains Gourd Dance as a Revitalization Movement

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James H. Howard
American Ethnologist, vol. 3, no. 2, May 1976, pp. 243-259
Description
Describes changes in the dance ceremony and argues that it serves as an example that assimilation is neither complete nor inevitable.
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Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosy Simas
Sam Aros Mitchell
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 133-140
Description
Two Indigenous dancers who discuss the ongoing trend on non-Indigenous people "playing Indian" and how this trend reinforces stereotypes and could lead to the erasure of Indigenous culture over time.
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“Poetry [Film] = Anger × Imagination”: Intermediality, the Synthesis of Poetry and Film, and Cross- Cultural Belonging in Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sabine N. Meyer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter , 2019, pp. 36-73
Description
Cultural and artistic criticism piece; considers Alexie’s film as an adaptation and as a poetry film. Discusses artistic tools of referencing, trans media adaptation, and genre defiance; and considers the social and political statements made about identity formation, cross cultural relationships, and the centering of Indigenous narratives.
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The Poetry of Ralph Salisbury: Syntax as Vehicle for Conveying an Ethical Vision

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Eleanor Berry
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 19-38
Description
Literary criticism article which discusses the poet’s use of different parts of language and sentence structures to disrupt the flow of the poetry forcing the reader to attend to ethical issues discussed in the text.
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Policing Resource Extraction and Human Rights in The Land of the Dead

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shawaano Chad Uran
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 77-93
Description
Film criticism article in which the author conducts a “Red Reading” of George Romero's 2005 zombie film, Land of the Dead using Frederick Jackson Turner's (1986) “Frontier Thesis” as lens.
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The Politics of Recognition

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert Houle
Description
Keynote presentation from the 3rd Annual Aboriginal Curatorial Collective - Shaq'asthut / Gathering Place held in Vancouver, B.C. on November 7, 2008.
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