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The Entangled Gaze: Indigenous and European Views of Each Other

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gerald McMaster
Julia Lum
Kaitlin McCormick
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 125-140
Introduction to and commentary on the special issue which features extracts from a conference with the same name and articles which focus on the ways that Indigenous peoples represent European people(s), and vice versa, in art.
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Enunciation: Urban Indigenous Being, Digital Storytelling and Indigenous Film Aesthetics

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan D. Dion
Angela Salamanca
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 183-207
This project examines a collection of digital stories created by urban Indigenous youth, parents and educators; using theories of self-determination, sovereignty and survivance article argues that urban living can contribute to the strength and endurance of Indigenous identities and ways of being.
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Eskimo Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diamond Jenness
Geographical Review, vol. 12, no. 2, April 1922, pp. 161-174
Comments on differences in artistic ability depending on geographical location.
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Eskimo Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leo N. Bushman
Art Education, vol. 23, no. 2, February 1970, pp. 14-18
Examines exploitation of Eskimo art with accessibility to isolated northern regions and the introduction of paper.
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Eskimo Carving

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Linda Holoboff
Four images (0ne scanned here) of two men looking at an Eskimo carving in Saskatoon.
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Eskimo Dance and Cultural Values in an Alaskan Village

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Price Ager
Dance Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 1, Autumn/Winter, 1975/1976, pp. 7-12
Presents observation of coastal an Alaskan village over an eight month period from 1973 to 1974 in Tununak, on Nelson Island.
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Ethnography and Communication: Approaches to Aboriginal Media

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marian Bredin
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 18, no. 3, [Crossing Borders: Issues in Native Communications], Summer, 1993, pp. [297-313]
Assessment of anthropological analyses of "culture" and the use of ethnography in aboriginal media; concludes with a reading of pertinent studies in the field of exposure and use of mass media by indigenous peoples.
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Evaluating the Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Art Program on the Resilience, Perceived Stress, and Mood of Urban American Indian Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vesna Pepic
Suzanne McWilliams
Shaylynne Shuler
Heather J. Williamson
Aaron Secakuku
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 29, no. 1, 2022, pp. [37]-58
An analysis of a culturally oriented art therapy program's impact on Indigenous youth's health.
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Excellence Through Cognizance: Native American Art and Spirituality

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Friesen
Virginia Lyons Friesen
Paper presented to the Annual conference of the Florida Communication Association on specific theories of art, including: ideographic art, which emphasizing cultural beliefs and values, and pictographic art, which tells a tale or relates an episode of history.
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The Exiles: Native Survivance and Urban Space in Downtown Los Angeles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Liza Black
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 155-182
Author argues that the film The Exiles is the first in which Indigenous people are able to represent their own urban experience.
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Extract from a Presentation at the Symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” Kelowna, 29–31 March 2017This Space Here

Alternate Title
This Space Here: Extract from a Presentation at the Symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” Kelowna,29–31 March 2017
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William White
BC Studies, no. 199, Indigeneities and Museums: Ongoing Conversations, Autumn, 2018, pp. 7-10
Extract from a presentation at the symposium “Indigenous Perspectives on Repatriation: Moving Forward Together,” discusses the process of building relationships between Indigenous peoples and museums, describes the experience of visiting a museum as an Indigenous person.
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The Face Pullers: Ch. 2 Images - Unidentified Blood Warrior

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Alex J. Ross

Subject holding rifle, sitting on animal hide wearing traditional clothing. Shot in studio. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Cree Family

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
William J. James

Black and white photograph of an unidentified Cree family in western clothes. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

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The Face Pullers: Ch.3 Images - Indian Delegation to Meet Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Lloydminster

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs

Black and white photograph of a group of indigenous men comprising a delegation to meet Sir Wilfred Laurier in Lloydminster, including, (from front left) Fox, Mr. Quinney Sr. John Calling Bull, Napeview, Feather Trousers, Horse, Ugly Fingers, Carpenter, Angus Quinney, Benjamin Quinney, Jean Baptiste Opissinow, Young Chief, Joe Taylor, William Sibbald, Father Cunningham, Mikwyapiy, Flying About, Three Legs, Anoine Muskego, Misihew, Silly Man. 

From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.

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The Face Pullers - Saskatoon Public Library - Big Jack's family

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and white photograph of Big Jack's family consisting of two wives and two children taken outside of their encampment near Moose Jaw. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Cree Indians Trading at H.B. Cos Fort Pitt 1884""

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and white photograph of a group of five Cree men trading at Fort Pitt. They are from Left, Four Sky Thunder, Sky Bird, Matoose, Napasis, and Big Bear. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "Indian Family with Squaw Man"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Charles W. Mathers (photographer)
Note: The title and description of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. Black and white photograph of an family. They all wear European styled clothing. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - Indigenous Family Portrait, Western styled

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Black and white photograph of a man, a woman (seated) and an infant wrapped in a 'papoose'. The mother and father wear western styled clothing. They are outside. Unused photo from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversiders.
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The Face Pullers - Unused Photos - "White Pup and Woman, Blackfoot"

Alternate Title
The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939
Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Boorne & May (photographer)
Black and white photograph of a Blackfoot man, White Pup, his wife and their children sitting beside a wooden teepee frame. Unused photograph from the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
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The Far North

E-Books
Author/Creator
C.W. Mathers
This book contains photographs of people and places in the Canadian Far North, taken while Mathers was "on a trip from Edmonton to the mouth of the MacKenzie River". There are a number of images of "Esquimaux" wearing traditional clothing and stone lip ornaments, as well as of Native people carrying out tasks at various forts along the Athabasca and Slave Rivers.
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Final Report: Aboriginal Arts Administration Forum

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Arts Administration Forum, February 8 - 10, 2008
Final Activity Report: Aboriginal Arts Administration Forum, Aboriginal Leadership and Management, The Banff Centre
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
France Trepanier
Documentation of forum held with Aboriginal community leaders. Five topics were discussed: governance; public institutions; administration; financial management; and community liaison. Proposals for actions sum up report.
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[Final Report on the National Gathering on Aboriginal Artistic Expression]

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sheila Copps
Gerald McMaster
Lucie Idlout
Alanis Obomsawin
Alex Janvier ... [et al.]
Summary report of the 2002 conference held under the auspices of Canadian Heritage "to raise awareness amongst key decision makers about Aboriginal artistic expression and lay the ground work for institutional change."
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Firing of Canons and Rifles at Louis Riel Day

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Saskatoon City Council
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Monday, June 18, 1984 regarding an application from the Saskatoon Muzzleloading Club to gain permission to fire a cannon and muzzleloading rifles at the 16th Annual Louis Riel Day. Council recommends permission be granted subject to any Administrative conditions.
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First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-'80

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell On the Evolution of Language by J. W. Powell Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians by J. W. Powell Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society by J. W. Powell On Limitations to the Use of Some Anthropologic Data by J. W. Powell A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians by Dr. H. C. Yarrow Studies in Central American Picture-Writing by Edward S.
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The First Expedition for the Relief of Battleford Attacked by Halfbreeds - Sketch. - 1885.

Images » Photographs
Note: The title of this document uses wording that was common to mainstream society of that time period in history. As such, it contains language that is no longer in common use and may offend some readers. This wording should not be construed to represent the views of the Indigenous Studies Portal or the University of Saskatchewan Library. A sketch of a steamboat, possibly the Northcote, coming under Metis fire during the Northwest Resistance. The title is apparently erroneous as there was only one relief expedition to Battleford and it neither came under fire or involved river boats.
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First Nation Pow Wow - The Signing of Treaty #6.- August 25 2001. - Slides.

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Hans S. Dommasch (photographer)
Group of slides commemorating the signing of Treaty 6. Scenes include: a group of Aboriginals marching, some in war veterans uniforms and some in ceremonial dress; two views of Beardy's and Okemasis road signs from 1979 and 2001; view of Union Jack and Canadian flags flying; and a sign for a mural located in Duck Lake that depicts the signing of Treaty 6.
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