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Shared Inuit Culture: European Museums and Arctic Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cunera Buijs
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 37-59
Article examines 13 different collaborative partnerships in which communities participated in collaborative curation with large museums. Discusses some of the controversial ethical and ownership issues that are related to mounting an exhibit, and to decolonizing museum practice.
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Shaunee Casavant - Backstory: Nuuchaanulth Ceremonial Curtains and the Work of Ki-Ke-In

Alternate Title
Global Encounters Initiative, University of British Columbia
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame March 4-6, 2010 University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Media » Film and Video
Chief Councilor of the Hupacasath Nation shares her story, place of being and knowledge about ceremonies, designs on Ceremonial Curtains and her own Ceremonial Curtain. Duration: 1:03:13.
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Singing Ourselves In

Theses
Author/Creator
Anna-Leah King
Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.
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Sioux Pipes

Images » Photographs
Three Sioux pipes collected by W.D. Wallis in 1914. Portage La Prairie, MB.
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Sisters Work to Put Native in Graduations

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Petten
Windspeaker, vol. 20, no. 1, May 2002, p. 27

Brief profile of Muskawa Designs, a Saskatoon based business that designs graduation gowns and endeavors to incorporate Native flair in its creations.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.27.

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Site-Specificity and Dislocation: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and His Haida Manga Meddling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicola Levell
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 18, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 93-116
Looks at artwork made for a specific location and then dismantled and relocated to other areas. Focuses on Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas's site specific artwork in Pedal to the Meddle commissioned for the exhibition, Meddling in the Museum: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. His art uses Haida formlines, ideas and oral history mixed with manga, the Japanese genre of cartoon and comic illustration.
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Small Spirits: Native American Dolls

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Antoon Leenaars
Lindsey Leenaars
Heather Leenaars
Kristen Leenaars
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2006, pp. 441-442
Book review of: Small Spirits: Native American Dolls by Mary Jane Lenz. Scroll to page 441 to read review.
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Smoking a Moose Hide

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Lois Dalby (photographer)
A set of 16 photos of Barbara Ross of Stanley Mission smoking a moose hide. Making a raw hide into leather is a long, complicated, and skilled process: these photos show the final step in that process.
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Sociological IMAGES: What is "Indian Art"?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gwen Sharp
Lisa Wade
Contexts, vol. 9, no. 3, Thrill Ride! Sex Over the Life Course, Summer, 2010, pp. 76-77
Describes the term "Indian art" to include the background of the artist as well as the artistic product with an identifiable style and set of themes.
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Song Buried in the Muscle of Urgency

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kimberly M. Blaeser
Transmotion, vol. 2, no. 1 - 2, November 28, 2016, pp. 144-154
Literary criticism essay engages the poetry of five different Indigenous women: Joy Harjo. Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings Casandra Lopez. Where Bullet Breaks Kimberly L. Becker. Words Facing East Kim Shuck. Clouds Running In Allison Adele Hedge Coke, Effigies II: An Anthology of New Indigenous Writing
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Sonnet

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Hogan
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 5, no. 3, Autumn, 1980, pp. 6-9
Literary work by a Chickasaw storyteller, poet, and playwright.
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The Sources of American Indian Art (Part I)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward H. Spicer
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 1, no. 2, January 1962, pp. [9-12]
Discussion of the complexities of modern Native American life. Part II of the article appears in May, vol. 1, no. 3, pp 26-31)
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The Sources of American Indian Art (Part II)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward H. Spicer
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 1, no. 3, May 1962, pp. [26-31]
Traces the history of Aboriginal education, offers suggestions for improvement, and advances the theory that cutural difference should produce creative expansion in art and ideas.
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"South of the Border" at the NMAI

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Maria DeLugan
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 30, no. 3/4, Decolonizing Archaeology, Summer/Fall, 2006, pp. 558-573
Discusses how the museum showcases Native peoples from Latin America, which is an important venue to report on struggles and victories.
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Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Amy Ware
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 20, no. 4, Winter, 2008, pp. 108-111
Book review of: Sovereign Bones: New Native American Writing edited by Eric Gansworth. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 108.
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Special Problems in Teaching Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paula Gunn Allen
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 379-386
Author discusses some of the difficulties raised by teaching pieces of Indigenous literature that contain information considered to be sacred, ceremonial, or confidential.
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Spectacles and Specters of Indigenous Peoples in How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine D. Johnston
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 99-112
Author discusses the devices used and the layers of meaning contained within the 1971 film, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman. Stresses a reading of the film as an allegory resistance to colonial and imperialist influence.
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The Spirit of My Quilts

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Williams
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 10, no. 2-3, Native Women, 1989, pp. 49-51
Quilting artist explains the influences on her work and discusses individual quilts and wall hangings.
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Spirits of Our Whaling Ancestors: Revitalizing Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth Traditions ; The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Alan D. McMillan
BC Studies, no. 174, Summer, 2012, pp. 123-125
Book reviews of: Spirits of our Whaling Ancestors by Charlotte Cote. The Whaling People of the West Coast of Vancouver Island and Cape Flattery by Eugene Y. Arima and Alan L. Hoover. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 123.
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Standing Alone

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Colin Low
Documents the successes, challenges and transformations experienced by Pete Standing Alone and the Blood Reserve in Alberta over the past 25 years. Accompanying material: An Integrated Educator's Guide. Duration: 57:50.
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