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"White Music Among The Blood Indians of Alberta

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Robert Witmer
Canadian Journal For Traditional Music, vol. 2, 1974, p. [?]
Description
Article studies the effect on non-Indigenous music on the contemporary musical atmosphere at the Blood Reserve, southwest of Lethbridge, Alberta.
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“Whitman’s Song Sung the Navajo Way”

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kenneth Morrison Roemer
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 1, Red Readings, April 25, 2018 , pp. 25-39
Description
Literary criticism article which offers a close and critical reading of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” using an English translation if the text “Navajo Nightway” as a lens through which the author examines the aesthetics and worldview of Whitman’s work.
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Who Benefits from the Growing Market for Indigenous Art?: Evidence of Indigenous Differences and Creative Achievement in Australia

Alternate Title
Annual Conference of Economists, 2008
Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists
[Abstracts from the proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference of Economists: 30 September to 4th October 2008, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Coate
Description
Discusses the differences in the Australian fine art auction market between pricing method and repeat sales method .
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Who Owns Native Culture?

Alternate Title
Heritage Protection: Seeking a Middle Ground
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stephen B. Brush
Current Anthropology, vol. 45, no. 5, December 2004, pp. 716-718
Description
Book review of: Who Owns Native Culture? by Michael F. Brown.
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Wigwas: Bark Biting

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elizabeth McLuhan
Description
Program of exhibition of birch bark bitings made by Angelique Merasty of Beaver Lake, Manitoba. Includes information and a bibliography on birch bark biting.

Historical note:

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Will the 'Real' False Face Please Stand Up?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanne Danford
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 1989, pp. 253-272
Description
Replication of these wooden masks, together with the continued carving and use of False Faces, has contributed to the survival and stability of the Iroquois.
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William Barak and the Affirmation of Tradition

Alternate Title
Australia Adlib-Neighbours
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Herb Patten
Description
Brief description of William Barak's life and leadership at the Coranderrk settlement and his efforts to preserve aspects of Aboriginal tradition in his art.
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Wollaston Lake 1978 Caribou Project

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Gill Gracie (photographer)
Lois Dalby (photographer)
Description
A set of 44 photos of a caribou project at Wollaston Lake that involved students in preparing and cooking caribou meat, making dry meat, drying the hides, and taking part in follow-up activities in the classroom.
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Women, Contemporary Aboriginal Issues, and Resistance

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Rita Shelton Deverell
Shirley Bear
Dorothy Christian
Ruth Cuthand
Joan Glode
Ursula A. Johnson
Mount Saint Vincent University
Description
Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations. Duration: 1:22:38.
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Women’s Jingle Dress Dance

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 2, Special Powwow Issue, June 1997, p. 29
Description
Describes the regalia and the origin of the dance.
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Women’s Traditional Dance

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 27, no. 2, Special Powwow Issue, June 1997, p. 28
Description
Describes three dance styles and the elaborately decorated regalia worn for dancing.
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Work 2 Give: Fostering Collective Citizenship through Artistic and Healing Spaces for Indigenous Inmates and Communities in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Helen Brown
Kelsey Timler
BC Studies , no. 202, Arts, Crafts, and Healing: Understanding Social Citizenship in British Columbia, Summer, 2019, pp. 21-40
Description
Article uses the Work 2 Give program—which gives incarcerated men the opportunity to create goods and harvest for the Tŝilhqot’in First Nation—as a case study to examine the “healing potential of the arts and therapeutic craft in BC prisons.”
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Working in Whitehorse

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Clark
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 123, Summer, 2005, pp. 25-30
Description
Reports on the the Nakai Theatre company based in Whitehorse, its plays, and the challenges it faces, including lack of actors and space.
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