Arts & Culture

Examines works by Jimmie Durham and James Luna as examples of artists who challenge Western expectations of what "authentic" Indian art is.

Book review of: edited by Gerhard Hoffmann. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to page 33.

Critiques the two exhibitions Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering Strait and Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska in terms of their success as cross-cultural collaborations.

Discusses the complexities of museum selection and acquisition for both contemporary and traditional Indigenous art.

Overview of the conference addressing issues in Aboriginal performance art.

Sarain Stump developed a course for Indian Art Instructors at the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College in Saskatoon.

Five images (one scanned here) of the same Aboriginal art on display at undisclosed location in Saskatoon. Shown is a painting, fur, leather and woodwork pieces.

File contains 14 negatives of Aboriginal art displayed at the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, on January 17, 1981. Negatives show a range of artwork; mainly paintings with some other mediums.

Book review of:Indian Art Traditions of the Northwest Coast by Roy L. Carlson. To read review, scroll to page 77.

The author states in the preface: "In presenting this volume to the public, the writer has three objects in view. First, to give a concise description of the character of the aborigines of British North America; their superiority over many other pagan nations in intellect, oratory and generosity. Also, their increasing desires when brought under the influence of civilization, to abandon the wandering habits of the savage, and become agriculturists and citizens, and cultivate the habits of industry and frugality.

An image of six Aboriginal men standing and dressed in ceremonial regalia. Three have on full head dresses. Colours have been added to the photograph in a chromolithograph process.

Book review of: Indian Country by Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.

Book review of: The Indian Craze by Elizabeth Hutchinson.

Seven images (one scanned here) of two students looking at Aboriginal art on display at Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon on November 30, 1980.

Indian dancers from St. Mary's School poses in front of the stage in the Pensioners and Pioneers Pavilion where they had performed at a potluck supper held by the association's member. The hoop dancers wear matching blue shirts. The girl in the red dress performed a shawl dance.

This ribbon, commemorating Indian celebrations at Carlton, Saskatchewan, is small and red-coloured with black lettering.

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History of Consciousness Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including decorated stone masks in Mexico, games played by Arikara children, the Prairie Cree tipee.

Reprint of Diamond Jenness's article on archaeological findings in Canada relating to Aboriginals and Inuit peoples.

File contains 2 negatives of a painting behind a Church Altar at a school (presumably All Saints Residential School), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, December 14, (year illegible, presumably 1950s-1960s).

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Minnesota, 2000.

Discusses the work of visual artist Summer Zah; highlights the way in which the artist engages with media stereotypes and representations, and the effects they can have on individual identities as well as on mainstream perceptions of Indigenous peoples.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2012.

Reproduction of engraving from the 2 January 1875 issue of Harper's Weekly. The sun dance, performed by Sioux members, is held in June in honour of the sun. The engraving shows male Sioux at centre, surrounded by onlookers in a outdoor scene. The artist's name appears to be Jules Tavernier Frenseny; location unknown.

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Literary criticism article which focuses on various ways that Salisbury’s work deals thematically with Germans and Germany. Compares and contrasts this engagement with Gerald Vizenor's in Blue Ravens: Historical Novel (2014) and Drew Hayden Taylor's in The Berlin Blues, a 2007 play.

File contains one negative showing an assembled group of delegates at an Indian Youth Heritage Days Committee meeting, presumably in Prince Albert, SK, on May 22, 1985.

File contains 3 negatives of a tipi village from the Indian Youth Heritage Days conference (presumably in Prince Albert, SK) on July 3, 1985.

Looks at a variety of "painter-reporters" who made invaluable contributions to history by capturing life on the frontier in the 19th century.

Originally published as an Anthropological Handbook for The American Museum of Natural History

Examines the Swampy Cree two-spirit filmmaker and visual/performance artist who reinterprets North American history.

Author comments on the exhibition mounted by the Canadian Museum of Civilization in 1992 and issues concerning the Aboriginal artistic community in general, such as being the subject or object, rather than the observer.

Looks at two Native American art critics: Charles Eastman and Angel DeCora and their definition of art and Indian identity.

American Indian Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2015.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Washington, 2012.

Investigates a decolonizing methodology for Iroquois knowledge.

With a focus on using Indigenous art in the classroom discusses spiraling, aesthetics, individual and collective identities and parallel time.

Art History Thesis (Ph.D)--University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.

[Museum Studies Project (MMSt)--Kansas University, 2019.]

Members of the Indigenous artistic community discuss issues such as cultural appropriation, respectful engagement, and the importance of relationships and reciprocity. Duration: 10:07. Transcript.

Comments on an appropriate approach to Aboriginal art and the issues of art production, art reception and representation with specific reference to Bush Tomato Dreaming by artist Lucy Ngwarai Kunoth.

Indigenous Studies librarian discusses cultural preservation initiatives; director of Two Worlds Colliding discusses importance of the arts; coordinator of U of S Aboriginal Theatre Program discusses role of collaboration in furthering culture; and president of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre discusses culture as a way of life. Duration: 51:11.

Overview of the social and economic significance of Aboriginal art, the problems of misuse, and strategies to address these issues.

Virtual exhibit features over 900 examples of material culture. Main focus is Canada, but also includes some items from United States, Siberia and Greenland.

A series of 11 sketches of Indigenous [dancers] in various poses; done in ink on paper. Tltled sketches are: Basket dance, Arizona; Navaho; Apache.

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