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Art This Way: Decolonizing Art with Arthur Renwick

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Judy Iseke-Barnes
Vivian Michelle Jiménez Estrada
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 1-32
Uses the art of Arthur Renwick as an illustration of the environment, attitudes and efforts to resist colonization of other Aboriginal artists, including Alfred Young Man.
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The Artificial Tree: Native Performance Culture Research 1991-1996

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Floyd Favel Starr
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 90, Spring, 1997, pp. 83-85
Reports on research into theatre methodology based on native performance practices, as a means of avoiding confusion between native traditions and the world at large.
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Artist Corrine Hunt Mixes Traditional Art with Commercial Viability

Alternate Title
Trailbreakers ; Episode 300074609
[Making Waves (Part2): Corrine Hunt]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Don Kelly
Corrine Hunt
Interview with the Aboriginal artist who designed the medals for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Episode of the CBC radio program Trailbreakers which aired January 19, 2012. Duration 25:00.
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The Artist Knows Best: The De-Professionalism of a Profession

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, Fraud in Native American Communities: Essays in Honor of Suzan Shown Harjo, 2019, pp. 65-76
An examination of the art world's control over Indigenous art, placing the importance of art over tribal sovereignty, in regards to the Jimmie Durham Cherokee ancestry debate.
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[Artist Lecture: Nicholas Galanin]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Galanin
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:09:58.
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Artists with Their Work - Ruth Cuthand. - Program. - 1990.

Documents & Presentations
From program: "Ruth Cuthand's art...involves painting herself and her people into their own cultural tradition. Like a storyteller, she brings the tradition to life, and in the process revitalizes it." Exhibit curated by Cindy Richmond.

Historical note:

Ruth Cuthand was born in Prince Albert, SK in 1954 and grew up near the Blood Reserve in Alberta. Her heritage is Plains Cree and Scots/Irish. Her Aboriginal culture and memories of her childhood experiences are often the inspiration for her art-making practice.
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An Arts-Based Curriculum Encounter: What Does It Mean to Live on This Land?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diane Conrad
Patricia Jagger
Victoria Bleeks
Sarah Auger
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 379-392
The authors describe their experience in a graduate course on arts-based research methods. Their research touches on contexts of and relationships with/as land, Indigenous peoples, settlers, environmental crisis, and personal journey and the art they created in the process of the course.
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Arts-based Research Methods with Indigenous Peoples: an International Scoping Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chad Hammond
Wendy Gifford
Roanne Thomas

Seham Rabaa
Ovini Thomas ... [et al.]
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 3, September 2018, pp. 260-276
Reviews the literature of 36 international research studies; discusses research methods involving artistic practices. Identifies areas in which arts based methods may offer benefits to an Indigenous research agenda: (a) participant engagement, (b) relationship building, (c) Indigenous knowledge creation, (d) capacity building, and (e) community action.
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Arts Education Provides Crucial Balance, Finding Joy in Creation and Imagination

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Denise Low-Weso
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 18, no. 4, Health and Healing, Summer, 2007
Examines how the earthworks Medicine Wheel, at Haskell Indian Nations University, is a visual reminder of support and benefit to all aspects of education at the university, including the arts.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: ArtTalk Keynote: We Got Styles!

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Robin K. Wright
Shaun Peterson
David R. Boxley
Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse
First presenter discusses intersections between scholarship art and artists over the last 50 years. Second presenter discusses differences between Southern Northwestern Coast and Northern Northwest Coast design elements. Third presenter discusses the importance of works by old masters created before contact and the ban on the potlatch. Followed by panel discussion. Duration: 1:17:20.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 1: Collaborative Research and Community-Based Scholarship Panel Discussion

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pat Courtney Gold
Nadia Jackinsky Sethi
Kathryn Bunn Marcuse
Kaleb Child
Coreen Child ... [et al.]
Presentations on collaborative research: Part 1: Research in Museums and it’s Contribution to Native Communities by Pat Courtney Gold. Part 2: Remembering Heritage Through the Arts in Alaska's Communities by Nadia Jackinsky Sethi. Part 3: G̱a̱lg̱a̱poła (Working Together) – A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas by Kathryn Bunn Marcuse, Kaleb Child, Coreen Child and Tom Child. Duration: 2:02:05
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 2: Retrospectives on Northwest Coast Art History and Indigenous Methodologies

Alternate Title
"Return of Kaats": Two House Posts by Nathan and Stephen Jackson
ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Copper Seaweed & Woven Octopus Bags
Dance Group Performances as Art History in Motion
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Miqu'l Dangeleli
Megan Smetzer
Emily Moore
First presentation discusses dance groups which perform both traditional and modern works and decolonizing the field of art history. Second presentation discusses resilience as demonstrated by women weavers, with a focus on octopus bags created by artist Shgen Doo Tan George. Third presentation discusses the two house posts carved for the Burke Museum as replacements for the originals which had been repatriated. Duration: 1:25:12.
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[ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 3: Panel Discussion]: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art & Challenging Pre-Conceptions

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joe Seymour
Greg Robinson
Lou-ann Neel
Da-ka-xeen Mehner
Four artists discuss their work, its relationship to their culture, and using traditional subjects and motifs in new, inventive ways which challenge expectations about what constitutes Northwest Coast art. Duration: 1:14:15.
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Asingit: Inuit Art from the Macdonald Stewart Centre

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Judith Nasby
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 2002, pp. 48-54
Curator discusses subject matter of works in the exhibition. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 48.
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Assortment of Aboriginal Artifacts

Images » Photographs
An assortment of Aboriginal artifacts posed along a wall for a photograph. Presumably from a private collection in Medicine Hat. Includes flintlock and caplock rifles, a quiver with arrows, flintlock pistol, headdress, axe and tomahawk heads, beadwork, clothing, and smaller items. Some of these items also appear in S-B356.
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Autoethnography and Material Culture: the Case of Bill Reid

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joel Martineau
Biography, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, January 1, 2001, pp. 242-258
Discusses Bill Reid's, (1920-1998) life and work and the ways his art can be used to analyze Haida and Canadian politics and cultures.
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The Ballad of Crowfoot

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Willie Dunn
Using still photographs from the nineteenth century, Willie Dunn sings a ballad about the Blackfoot Chief of the Canadian West. Duration: 10:18.
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Banff Sparkles With Creativity, Quality Instruction

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Debora Steel
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 5, September 2002, p. 32

Focuses on the uniqueness of the Banff Centre's six-week Aboriginal Arts Program and the positive impact it has had on the Aboriginal community.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.17.

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"Basket Becomes Codex: A Poem by Trevino Brings Plenty in the Portland Art Museum"

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Karen M. Poremski
Transmotion, vol. 3, no. 2, December 6, 2017, pp. 53-78
Essay discusses Trevino Brings Plenty’s poem "Little, Cultural, Teapot Curio Exposes People" and its relationship to the object it is about, the museum that holds the object, and the social and cultural issue surrounding Indigenous materials in colonial museums.
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The Basketmaker

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Trethewey
Hakai Magazine, February 26, 2019, p. [?]
Describes the process of creating classic Suquamish baskets as practiced by Ed Carriere, a master basketmaker from Washington state.
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Batoche Historic Site: Public Comment on the Themes and Objectives

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Parks Canada

Report dealing with the National Historic Park at Batoche and discussing various proposed improvements and difficulties. Includes discussion of archeaology, classification, preservation, tourist facilities, ecology, historical representation and other issues encountered by the Park.

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Beadwork Mats on Display

Images » Photographs
Aboriginal beadwork mats on display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Display. Date unkown.
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"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"

Archival » Archival Items
This file contains excerpts from Reginald Beatty's diary, correspondence about his encounters with Cree people, and letters home to his parents detailing his experience in the 1885 Riel Rebellion. Mr. Beatty was a farmer and fur trader in what is now known as the Melfort area of Saskatchewan.
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