Arts & Culture

Explores the monumental piece of public art Numbe Whageh, by Nora Naranjo-Morse, a female Native American artist.

Examines turn-of-the-century culture using missionary correspondence, archival photographers and Native accounts to show assimilation as an envisioning process.

Cree beadwork mats from the Little Pine reserve on display at the Saskatoon Arts and Crafts Society show in 1951.

Discusses how mass-produced clothing has been indigenized by its use to display familial symbols, affiliations with places and organizations, and commemorate significant events like potlatches.

Curriculum Studies Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2000.

Explores factors in jewellery design and production, commercialization, the ethnic art market; and fine art approaches.

Examines the early years of IAAI, the1960s, and the influence exerted by modernism on artistic expression, recognition and commercial success.

Canadian Art History (M.A.)--Carleton University, 1995.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1999.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Queen's University at Kingston, 2000.

Canadian Studies & Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2013.

Describes playwright's influence on theater.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of New Mexico, 2017. Includes biographies of Robert Davidson, Roy Henry Vickers, Marvin Oliver, and Susan Point.

Discusses First Nations' conceptions of cultural property and argues, by using Haida Gwaii examples, that objects should be placed in centres managed and controlled by First Nations, not residing in museums.

Focuses on Canadian institutions and cultural policies and the impacts on native culture.

Book review of: The Return of Culture Treasures by Jeanette Greenfield.

Goal of document is to help clarify what protocols are, their uses, and how they can be developed by communities and local organizations to address issues of access, control and ownership of Indigenous knowledge.

Study of Mi'kmaq music, cultural revitalization and music-making opportunities. Looks at a powwow and several different drum groups.

Environmental Studies Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Oregon, 2013.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.

Comments on the many interactive cultural activities to be held around the country including Saskatchewan. Article found by scrolling to page 14 and 15.

Education Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1989.

Topics include background and goals of the exhibition, choice of works, and international scope of artists represented. It featured 150 works by over 80 artists from 16 countries and was mounted at the National Gallery of Canada from May 17 to September 2, 2013.

Levell interviews Jisgang, discussing his work and experiences working in museums and galleries; Jisgang gives an account of his learning and his path to his current work.

Communication and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2006.

Examines the interests of both Indigenous peoples and museums in working collaboratively and understanding the dynamics of payments, reciprocity, traditional knowledge and values.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2014.

Looks at the use of pictographs as a way of recording one outstanding event effecting the whole tribe or a personal incident.

English Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Montreal, 2012.

Focuses on One Yellow Rabbit's High Performance Rodeo, an international festival of the arts, and its contribution to the dance community.

Argues that unique dance clothing and shamanistic garments existed in this culture, but had disappeared by the 1930s. Due to collaborative fieldwork, the style has since been resurrected.

Author explores different aspects of Passamaquoddy society and culture using several different traditional dances as a mode of discussion. Prepared for GINTC 7102 Cultural Specialization Class, Lesley College. Scroll down to read article.

Author explores the tropes of exoticism contained in Fergusson’s novel Dancing Gods, situates Fergusson’s writing within the genre, and relates it to similar works by other writers within the genre.

Communications Studies Thesis (M.A.)--San Jose State University, 1999.

Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie discusses the way that story shapes our understanding of people and places, and how only having one narrative about a place or a people leads to a stereotypical and incomplete understanding. Duration: 18:33.

Photo-essay draws on the author’s previous work at a 2018 studio residency in the Hòa Binh Province in northwest Vietnam. Explores the “mismatches that occur in encounters with people, landscapes, and customs different from one's own.”

Discusses the Presbyterian missionary's time with the Anangu, her role as both an art and intercultural broker, and her book, The People In Between: The Pitjantjatjara Peoples of Ernabella.

Illustrates the new character tropes being developed by Aboriginal Australian writers to challenge the stereotypical representation of Indigenous peoples in detective fiction.

Discussion of the controversy surrounding the identity of artist Jimmie Durham and the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the Center of the World. Durham's claims to having Cherokee ancestry are denied by the Cherokee Nation. Author argues that by displaying Durham's works the art establishment may be seen to be substantiating his claims and invalidating tribes' sovereignty over citizenship.

Interdisciplinary Indigenous and Creative Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2016.

Explores arts-based research methods.

Discusses the misappropriation of Native American-inspired designs, the blog and online boutique created to educate the public and connect Native designers with customers.

Communication and Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2014.

Presents a narrative story of the traditions and social customs of the Sami people.

Commercial site of the Tlingit artist. Includes links to the artist's statement, information selected pieces, exhibitions, bibliography of locations of artworks as well as items for sale.

Photo gallery of Dene crafts collection made by women from Fort Providence, NWT.