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Pueblo Cultural Bodies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara A. Babcock
Journal of American Folklore, vol. 107, no. 423, Winter, 1994, pp. 40-54
Description
Discusses the issues associated with cultural value and imaging of Pueblo potteries and Pueblo women.
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Pushing the Line: Art without Reservations: Educational Resource

Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the documentary by Lisa Jackson about contemporary West Cost artists, including Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Dempsey Bob, Andrew Dexel and Marianne Nicolson.
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Qaujimanira: Inuit Art as Autoethnography

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Krista Ulujuk Zawadski
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 151-156
Description
In this conference extract the author examines the history of Inuit art noting the ongoing self-representation in the work; argues that this allows for a high level of agency in Inuit art.
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Quilt Culture: Tracing the Pattern

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Pauline Mortensen
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Book review of: Quilt Culture edited by Cheryl B. Torsney and Judy Elsley. Click on link to read review.
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Rabbits and Flying Warriors: The Postindian Imagery of Jim Denomie

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Martínez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 119-145
Description
Discusses the metaphorical surrealism in Jim Denomie paintings showing historical and contemporary events in American and Native American history, as well as aspects of pop-culture, art history and Anglo-Indian relations.
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Racism, Nationalism, and Nostalgia in Cowboy Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Gray Sweeney
The Oxford Art Journal, vol. 15, no. 1, 1992, pp. 67-80
Description
Interprets cowboy art form from the western United States and suggests why these paintings continue to have loyal audiences for the past century.
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Racism, Popular Culture, and the Everyday Rosebud Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Thomas Biolsi
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 77-110
Description
Discusses the intricacies and nuances of Lakota performances of popular culture. Challenges perspectives which dismiss Indigenous engagement in contemporary culture as mimicry or assimilation, and that portray contemporaneity as opposed to indigeneity.
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Rainmaking, Mandan - Poster.

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
George Catlin
Description
Reprint of George Catlin oil on paper showing a Mandan male, standing on a circular house structure, holding a drum and pointing a bow at the sky. He is surrounded by a group of onlookers.

Historical note:

George Catlin (b. 26 July 1796 - d. 23 December 1872) was an American painter, author and traveler who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.
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“Rather Unusual Stuff”: Nathan Jackson's Early Advent of a Tlingit Modern

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher T. Green
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 300-326
Description
Article considers the early work of Nathan Jackson and discusses the ways that his paintings, prints, and textile works blend traditional Tlingit designs, patterns, and colour schemes with modernist elements.
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Raven's Gift

Alternate Title
[Totem Activity Explanations]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Doug LaFortune
Harvey Alphonse
Khut-Whee-Mul-Uhk (Francis Horne)
Tom LaFortune
Richard Hunt
Cicero August
Calvin Hunt
Harold Alfred
Description

Looks at ten totem poles found in Duncan, British Columbia. Each carver gives a brief description of the stories and thought process behind his pole.

Colour pictures of poles.

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Re-Present-Ing Rock Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia Vervoort
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 31, no. 1-2, [Aboriginal Peoples: Special Issue], Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 209-23
Description
Discusses artists who are reclaiming rock art as part of their own history and "re-inventing" the art form. Includes artists such as: Joanne Cardinal-Schubert, the late Norval Morrisseau, and Ahmoo Angeconeb.
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"Re" Thinking: Revitalization, Return, and Reconciliation in Contemporary Indigenous Expressive Culture

Alternate Title
[2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences]
[Big Thinking Series]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverly Diamond
Description
Video of speech by Trudeau Fellow and Canada Research Chair in Traditional Music. Discusses how cultural expressions such as Indigenous performance can define cross-cultural engagement and redefine cultural stereotypes. Duration: 01:09:11.
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Reading for Reconciliation? Indigenous Literatures in a Post-TRC Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aubrey Jean Hanson
English Studies in Canada, vol. 43, no. 2-3, Special Issue: Transition, June/September 2017, pp. 69-90
Description
Also available Open Access here. Article examines the ways in which Indigenous writers and scholars interrogate the framework of Reconciliation by creating a narrative of resurgence. Author additionally argues for the need to examine the pedagogy and process when including Indigenous literatures in educational settings.
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A Realist View of Image Politics Reclamation of the "Every Indian"

Alternate Title
[Re]inventing the Wheel: Advancing the Dialogue on Contemporary American Indian Art
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Nancy Marie Mithlo
Description
Looks at the consequences of stereotypical images. Chapter 4 from: [Re]inventing the Wheel: Advancing the Dialogue on Contemporary American Indian Art edited by Nancy J. Blomberg.
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Reclaiming Aborigeneity: Richard Bell

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aisha Farley
Agnes Portalewska
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 4, The Interconnectedness of Languages, Rivers, and Forests, Winter, December 2011, p. [?]
Description
Artist and political activist discusses his controversial paintings which expose crucial issues such as discrimination and racism.
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Reclaiming Territories through Indigenous Performance

Theses
Author/Creator
Francine Burning
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2017Focusess on experiences of Madelaine McCallum, Mike Dengeli, Mique'l Dangeli, Leela Gilday, and Ronnie Dean Harris.
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Reclaiming Tradition and Re-affirming Cultural Identity through Creating Kangaroo Skin Cloaks and Possum Skin Cloaks

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynette Riley
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 1, Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, The Seventh Gathering, August 2016, pp. 5-22
Description
Artist provides background about the robes and their significance, and discusses reconnecting to her culture through creating new versions.
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Reconciliation Pole

Alternate Title
The Front: Reconciliation Pole
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Hart
BC Studies, no. 211, Autumn, 2021, pp. 5-11
Description
Looks at a Reconciliation Pole at University of British Columbia campus as a source of healing in regards to May 27, 2021 announcement of the discovery of 215 buried Indigenous children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
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Reconfiguring Gender in Contemporary Urban Powwows

Alternate Title
Studia Anthropologica
The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Massimiliano Carocci
Description
Looks at the place of women and two-spirited individuals in the powwow culture. Chapter from The Challenges of Native American Studies: Essays in Celebration of the Twenty-Fifth American Indian Workshop edited by Barbara Saunders and Lea Zuyderhoudt.
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Reconsidering Emily Carr

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marilyn Baker
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 219-224
Description
Reviews 3 books: Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray. Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis. Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]
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Recovery of Saskatoon Artifacts Sent to Winnipeg

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
City of Saskatoon
Description
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, October 26, 1981 regarding certain archaeological and anthropological pre-European contact artifacts from the Saskatoon area that were given to depositories in Winnipeg, and some that reside at the University of Saskatchewan. Reference is made to an associated document further discussing these matters.
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Red Crow Community College

Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Website for a community college that provides adult, post-secondary, community, vocational, and technical education.
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Red Paint: Transnational Movements of Deconstructing, Decolonizing, and Defacing Colonial Structures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeremiah Garsha
Transmotion, vol. 5, no. 1, Native American Narratives in a Global Context, July 11, 2019, pp. 76-103
Description
Author examines three case studies of vandalism from different countries; argues that the use of red paint by Indigenous peoples to mark colonial structure is an attempt on the part of Indigenous people to create a transnational act of decolonization.
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