Clothing & Regalia

Book review of: Coast Salish Spirit Dancing by Pamela Amoss.

Book review of: Collected Paper on the Human History of the Northwest Territories. Occasional Paper No. 1 edited by Margaret Jean Patterson, Charles D. Arnold and Robert R. Janes.

Discusses factors that influence value and output such as provenance, market location, and producer-collector (consumer) interactions.

Mouse over images to link to: household life (includes clothing, cooking, preserving food, etc.), village information (homes), resource gathering, society (includes role of elders and chiefs, governance, naming), gatherings (includes dancing and singing, trade), stages of life, and games.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2006.

Book review of: Contact Zones: Aboriginal and Settler Women in Canada's Colonial Past by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale.

Book review of: Contact Zones edited by Katie Pickles and Myra Rutherdale. To access this review, scroll to page 102

[Consumer, Apparel, Retail Studies] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2013.

Provides tips for construction methods. Includes photographs.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oklahoma, 1986.

Examines fans used by powwow dancers and construction methods.

Reassessing headdress shows an avian headdress of a two-headed raptor.

Review essay of an exhibition, Across Borders: Beadwork in Iroquois Life, that examines the artistic, cultural and political significance of beadwork in both traditional and contemporary Iroquois culture.

Materials Science & Engineering Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 2014.

Costumed Aboriginal women at Pion-Era in Saskatoon, SK in 1958.

Photograph of Indigenous family in tent (teepee) with assorted skins and furs on the floor. Woman appears to be stitching.

B.C. based organization lists "three native nations": Shuswap, Carrier, and Tsilihqot'in. The website has pictures from museum displays of First Nations buckskins and other crafts.

Author and judge for the National Craft Competition highlights the importance of Native American craftwork as a link to the past as well as its use in ceremonies and dress.

Issue features Jim Ryder, Angelique Merasty and Florine Hotomoni, all Saskatchewan artists who work with traditional materials. Includes photographs.

Book review of: Craftwork Techniques of the Native Americans by Scott Sutton.

A young Cree brave ready for the Thirst Dance at Battleford NWT, 1882.

A photograph of a camp of Cree people on the prairie, probably sometime between 1890 and 1930. Many wear western clothing, some women with formal dresses and caps. A man with his back to camera wears some traditional clothing adorned with feathers. Picture possibly taken by George Mann family who worked with Cree people in Onion Lake, Saddle Lake and Hobbema reserves between 1883 and 1916. Members of the family were known to continue to visit these areas well into the 1920s.

Elders discuss concerns regarding: loss of Indian culture and traditions; failure to educate young Indians in traditionalways; young well-educated chiefs who will not take advice from elders.

A Cree man in traditional plains attire. No date given.

A photograph of a Cree wedding party travelling by wagon taken during Christina Bateman and Annie McKay's journey from Prince Albert to La Ronge, Saskatchewan. The Cree man with his back to the camera is the women's companion, Willie Bear.

A Cree hunter firing a trade gun, dressed in HBC clothing. Likely 19th century.

Cree woman with pony and Red River Cart, taken near the Battle River bridge (Battleford, SK) in 1904.

A group photo of Cree women and children at La Ronge. Taken during the journey of Christina Bateman and Annie McKay from Prince Albert to La Ronge, SK in 1919.

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.

Describes photographs taken by Julius Ulke, DeLancey Gill, William Rau and Fred Miller.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.21 (p.271-322).

Explains the construction and beadwork techniques used by author.

Showcases an artists carvings with many having the mother and child theme. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.

Explores the problematic relationship between traditional cultural expressions and intellectual property law (particularly copyright), which fails to protect them and puts most of them in the public domain, and outlines some proposals for concrete policy, legal and practical solutions to end appropriation.

Book review of: Dakota Women's Work by Colette A. Hyman.

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.

A photograph of First Nations dancers (adults and children), in traditional garb,and a drum circle, at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.

A photograph of First Nations dancers in traditional garb at a ceremony to celebrate the giving of a totem pole to the City of Prince Albert, 1975. The pole was carved by a First Nations man originally from British Columbia, and currently stands along the North Saskatchewan River near the Prince Albert Historical Museum.

Chicana and Chicano Studies (M.A.)--California State University, Northridge, 2012.

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

Forms part of Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History ; v. 7 (p. [1]-86).

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v. 18 (p. 231-278).

Art and Art History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of New Mexico, 2013.

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

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

Family and Consumer Resources Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Arizona, 1985.

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.

Forms part of Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, v.29, pt. 1 (p.5-23).