Arts & Culture

This book was written to give what the author viewed as an accurate description of the two colonies (which would later join to become British Columbia) in opposition to what was being written about the place in the British press of the day. The author gives his opinion that British Columbia is primarily of value due to its gold deposits and holds little promise for agriculture. Chapter V deals with the Aboriginal population of British Columbia and expresses sentiments such as "The Indians must disappear before the March of Civilization." Note: an oversize endnote map has not been scanned.

Human Ecology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 1997.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.

Argues that incorporating traditional elements into modern designs has produced an expression of "intertribal nationhood". Chapter eight from The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times edited by Beverly Lemire.

Comparative Cultural and Literary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Arizona, 1998.

Article discusses the artifacts and objects collected by Alphonse Pinart and William Dell from Unga Island burial caves; authors look at the provenance of the objects, which are now divided between Château-Musée de Boulogne-sur-Mer (France) and the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, and the potential for additional study.

This review essay uses Visualities 2: More Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings to discuss the recent developments in Indigenous films and visual texts.

Theatre and Dance Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 1995.

Study focuses on two Aboriginal artistic on-line projects CyberPowWow and Speaking the Language of Spiders.

DIAMA preserves archives by cleaning, reformatting, digitizing and uploading materials collected since the 1970's. The website is searchable by language/culture, topic and location.

Lists resources related to the historian's primary areas of interest: the art and cultural history of Aboriginals of the Northwest Pacific Coast.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022.

Discusses the issues involved when institutions attempt to provide greater access to materials relating to Indigenous cultures.

Employs a cross-cultural approach, which uses performance forms between ritual and drama, to study the play in question.

[Art History and Archaeology] Thesis (Ph.D.)--Columbia University, 2012. Focuses on Jimmie Durham's Building a Nation, James Luna's Emendatio, and Alan Michelson's Third Bank of the River.

Mass Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2007.

Looks at ideology behind decisions about what constitutes authentic art and culture, and how it is viewed by Euro-Canadian society. Excerpt is chapter two of the author's master's thesis: Constructing Locality in Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art.

Discusses the interconnectivity between past and present in photographs by Jeff Thomas and Edward S. Curtis.

Aboriginal authors from diverse backgrounds discuss the relationship between Aboriginal cultures and the tourism industry.

Article discusses the different ways that Something Inside is Broken brings attention decolonization and how the language and music in the piece are both made to serve this purpose.

Focuses on the challenges faced by libraries and other related institutions wishing to reproduce Australian Indigenous artwork.

Looks at how youth are reworking identity in Inuit communities through music.

Uses historical resources (oral histories, interviews, and archival materials) and contemporary popular culture to describe and discuss the elaborate Diné clan systems and extended kinship relationships and networks.

Discusses major themes, narrative structures, and certain installations in the exhibition that constitutes a new departure for the museum.

Interview with Douglas Cardinal discussing the scope of his work and his vision into the creative process. Duration: 1:12:23.

Book review 2 books: Down From the Shimmering Sky by Peter Macnair, Robert Joseph, and Bruce Grenville. Native Visions by Steven C. Brown. Scroll down to page 111 to read review.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Harvard University, 1999.

Suggests that history and tradition play an important role in contemporary Inuit art. Chapter from Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Post-Colonial Worlds edited by R. Phllips and C. Steiner.

Book review of Drawn from the Ground by Jennifer Green.

Discusses the role of women as artists by examining 150 years of Native American myths and folklore.

Image of Drum, buffalo knives, drinking cups, and beaded belt laid out in a display.

View of the mural and mural sign entitled "The Women of Batoche," showing among others, Maguerite Riel, wife of Louis Riel; Theresa Gowanlock and the daughter of Chief Whitecap.

Historical note:

Looks at different literary approaches to understanding Indian words.

Author attempts to discover under what conditions it is possible to launch a new program that has Sami arts and crafts as the foundation.

Comments on the definition of "invented tradition" and how this may be applied to powwows in southwestern Ontario.

Looks at influences of Johan Turi, Nils Nilsson Skum and John Savio on Sámi art.

Theatre & Dance Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado, 2004.

Article explores Eastern Cherokee epistemology; by examining sacred traditional-narratives the authors reveal the cultural meanings, purposes and values that are embodied in different characters and deities within those stories.

Virtual exhibit of archeological artifacts from First Nations people in prehistoric Quebec.

Economics, Finance and Marketing Thesis (Ph.D.)--Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, 2009.

Looks at the history of the Act, the problems of counterfeit goods and the economic and cultural effects and recommendations to re-align the Act to fulfill its intended purpose.

Discusses the life and art of Edmond Morris. Morris lived in Manitoba as a young child, the youngest child of Alexander Morris, First Chief Justice of MB and Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories. Morris’s work focused on portraiture of Treaty Chiefs, and “pure Cree types.” Entire issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 101.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2004.

Guide aimed at middle year students is divided into four sections: Strengthening Community, Design Tells a Story, Expressions of Honor, and Origins of Native Quilting. Discusses eight individual quilters (Aboriginal and Hawaiian): Mary Bighouse (Osage), Sheree "Peachy" Bonaparte (Mohawk), Alice Olsen Williams (Anishinabe), Nancy Crone Naranjo (Eastern Cherokee), Bernyce Courtney (Wasco-Tlingit), Harriet Soong (Native Hawaiian), Ollie Napesni (Rosebud Lakota), and Lula Red Cloud (Ogala Lakota).

Biography about a keeper of Inuit Qaujimanituqangit (IQ, Inuit Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom).

Overview of a conference discussion held with contemporary artists, museum curators, anthropologists and historians regarding cultural artifact repatriation.

Examines the cultural crossroads, the compromises demanded and the benefits promised various participants.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1998

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Oklahoma, 2003.