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Ornate Telephone Booth

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
Institute for Northern Studies
Description
An ornately decorated telephone booth. Victoria, B.C. On booth: "B.C. TEL 806, 000 TELEPHONE INSTALLATIONS OCT. 20/67 VICTORIA B.C."
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Petroglyph Gallery: Authentic Canadian Aboriginal Art

Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Sylvia Bradt
Description
Commercial gallery that includes images and commentary on various masks and carvings; many of the artistic works featured are by people of the Nuxalk Nation of Bella Coola, British Columbia.
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[Print Carver]

Images » Photographs
Description
Appears to be part of a series of images in a slide show about Canada's North. Shows a print carver at work. On slide: "Neighbours, North"
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Pts'aan Jabim: Totem Pole Project

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Grade 6
7
8 students of Gingolx
B.C.
Description
Describes project undertaken in 2000 by a grade 6,7,8 class to carve a totem pole. Site is bilingual Nisga'a and English and includes 4 minute streaming video.
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Qaujimanira: Inuit Art as Autoethnography

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Krista Ulujuk Zawadski
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 151-156
Description

In this conference extract the author examines the history of Inuit art noting the ongoing self-representation in the work and argues that this allows for a high level of agency in Inuit art.

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Quabluitok, carver

Images » Photographs
Author/Creator
R.J. Billyard (photographer)
Description
Inuk carver and artisan, Quabluitok; seated on a chair, posing for camera.
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“Rather Unusual Stuff”: Nathan Jackson's Early Advent of a Tlingit Modern

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christopher T. Green
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 300-326
Description
Article considers the early work of Nathan Jackson and discusses the ways that his paintings, prints, and textile works blend traditional Tlingit designs, patterns, and colour schemes with modernist elements.
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The Raven and the First Men: From Conception to Completion

Alternate Title
UBC Museum of Anthropology Pacific Northwest Sourcebook Series
[MOA Sourcebooks]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Cross
Description
Brief text accompanies numerous photographs of different stages involved in the creation of the sculpture by Bill Reid. Original written in 1990.
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Reconsidering Emily Carr

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Marilyn Baker
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 39, no. 1/2, 2007, pp. 219-224
Description
Reviews 3 books: Unsettling Encounters: First Nations Imagery in the Art of Emily Carr by Gerta Moray. Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas edited by Donald Ellis. Emily Carr: New Perspectives on a Canadian Icon Charles C.Hill, Johanne Lamoureux, Ian M. Thom, curators ; essays by Jay Steward and Peter Macnair ... [et al.]
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Rights of Restoration: Aboriginal Peoples, Creative Arts, and Healing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Archibald
Jonathan Dewar
Carrie Reid
Vanessa Stevens
Canadian Art Therapy Association Journal, vol. 23, no. 2, 2010, pp. 2-17
Description
Survey finds that creative arts make a significant contribution to the safety, development and well-being of the participants.
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Robert Davidson: Abstract Impulse

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dan Taulapapa McMullin
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 2, 2015, pp. 163-164
Description
Book review of: Robert Davidson by Barbara Brotherton, Sheila Farr, and John Haworth.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Jane Litchard Baleen Artist

Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Mary Jane Litchard, Baleen Artist. Litchard, an Inuit-Comanche woman from Alaska, discusses her experiences in Canada and issues with the international border, her difficulties transporting the Baleen she works on as a medium across boundaries, language issues, midwifery, tuberculosis and other health issues, prejudice, and the value of community counselling and healing services. Following the presentation is a conversation between Litchard and Commissioners Dussault and Sillet on some of the issues raised.
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A Sacred Object as Text: Reclaiming the Sacred Pole of the Omaha Tribe

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robin Ridington
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, 1993, pp. 83-99
Description
Article describes the different layers of meaning embedded in the Sacred Pole of the Omaha people; recounts the narrative of the pole being moved to the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts and the process of repatriation.
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Sculpture

Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of "an Indian Buffalo stone".
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Sculpture of the Eskimo

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
William E. Taylor
Arctic, vol. 27, no. 1, March 1974, pp. 82-83
Description
Book review: Sculpture of the Eskimo by George Swinton.
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Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-'81

E-Books
Author/Creator
J. W. Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Zuñi Fetiches by Frank Hamilton Cushing Myths of the Iroquois by Erminnie A. Smith Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley by Henry W. Henshaw Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Art in Shell of the Ancient Americans by William H.
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Sharing the Box of Treasures

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joyce Gregory Wyels
Americas, vol. 56, no. 1, January/February 2004, pp. 6-15
Description
Provides information about the potlatch ceremony in British Columbia.
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Sioux Pipes

Images » Photographs
Description
Three Sioux pipes collected by W.D. Wallis in 1914. Portage La Prairie, MB.
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Solitary Raven: The Selected Writings of Bill Reid

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Joel Martineau
BC Studies, no. 132, Winter, 2001/2002, pp. 98-99
Description
Book review of: Solitary Raven edited by Robert Bringhurst; afterword by Martine Reid. To access this review, scroll to page 98.
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TD Gallery of Inuit Art

Alternate Title
Toronto Dominion Gallery of Inuit Art
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Toronto Dominion Bank
Natalie Ribkoff]
Description
Website contains links to images of sculptures accessible by region or subject, and a history of the company's collection.
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Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-'82

E-Books
Author/Creator
John Wesley Powell
Description
Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell Notes on Certain Maya and Mexican Manuscripts by Cyrus Thomas On Masks, Labrets, and Certain Aboriginal Customs by William H. Dall Omaha Sociology by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey Navajo Weavers by Dr. Washington Matthews Prehistoric Textile Fabrics of the United States by William H. Holmes Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made by the Bureau of Ethnology During the Field Season of 1881 by William H.
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Three Hundred Years of Tlingit Art

Alternate Title
Sealaska Heritage Lecture Series Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Aldona Jonaitis
Description
Overview of Pacific Northwest art from pre-contact to present day. Duration: 54:07.
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