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Reflections on 20 Years of Aboriginal Art

Alternate Title
Reflections on Twenty Years of Aboriginal Art
[Trudeau Foundation Papers ; v. 4, no. 1, 2012]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Steven Loft
Description
Excerpt discusses milestones which have impacted artists' work: Indians of Canada Pavilion Expo 67, The Spirit Sings 1988 Olympics, Oka conflict in 1990, Indigena, Land Spirit, Power, Venice Biennials of 1995 and 2005, and Close Encounters: the Next 500 Years. Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 15 for relevant article.
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Remembering Inninimowin: The Language of the Human Beings

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jules Koostachin
Canadian Journal of Law and Society, vol. 27, no. 1, 2012, pp. 75-80
Description
Describes the author's film project of her journey and rediscovery of her first language, and her story of loss and reclamation.
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Remix: Artists in Conversation

Alternate Title
AGO Podcasts
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Kent Monkman
Franco Mondini-Ruiz
Gerald McMaster
Richard Hill
Description
Franco Mondini-Ruiz and Kent Monkman discuss their work; presented in conjunction with the exhibition Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World. Duration: 1:09:06.
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Residential School Gothic and Red Power: Genre Friction in Rhymes for Young Ghouls

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Henderson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 42, no. 4, 2018, pp. 43-66
Description
Article offers a critical review of the film Rhymes for Young Ghouls; asserts that the film intentionally juxtaposes the genres and conventions of the Gothic novel and the Red Power-era exploitation film and in doing so creates a new genre which the author calls the Residential School Gothic.
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Resistance Though Re-Presenting Culture: Aboriginal Student Filmmakers and a Participatory Action Research Project on Health and Wellness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ted Riecken
Frank Conibear
Corrine Michel
John Lyall
Tish Scott ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 265-286
Description
Summarizes research project, Traditional Pathways to Health developed in partnership with teachers to help Aboriginal youth identify factors impacting their health and wellness using video as a tool of understanding.
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Return to the Land of the Head Hunters: Edward S. Curtis, The Kwakwaka'wakw and the Making of Modern Cinema; Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Andrea Walsh
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 108-111
Description
Book reviews of: Return to the Land of the Head Hunters edited by Brad Evans and Aaron Glass. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan. Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 108.
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Reviews: Dances with Wolves

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Edward D. Castillo
Film Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 4, Summer, 1991, pp. 14-23
Description
Discusses the portrayal of Native Americans in the film.
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Rhetorical Dimensions of Native American Documentary

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steve Leuthold
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 16, no. 2, Autumn, 2001, pp. 55-73
Description
Examines how different perspectives, not who is behind the camera impacts a person's visual structure of the world.
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The Role of American Indians in Motion Pictures

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rita Keshena
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, 1974, pp. 25-28
Description
Looks at motion picture development and the history of the American West.
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Sacred Salmon Film Wins National Acclaim for SKC

Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 16, no. 3, Indigenizing Education, Spring, 2005
Description
Discusses a film produced by the student television station at Salish Kootenai College (SKC), Sacred Salmon: A Gift to Sustain Life, that has received national acclaim. The film is about the health of the Columbia River salmon and the Yakama Nation.
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Saskatchewan (1954): Alias Alberta

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ron Smith
Saskatchewan History, vol. 60, no. 1, Spring, 2008, pp. 28-41
Description
Examines the film Saskatchewan, noting several errors in landscape (the movie was filmed in Alberta and contains a scene in the Rocky Mountains), provincial culture, costuming (the uniforms of the NWMP), and portrayals of the Sioux who sought refuge in the Cypress Hills following the Battle of Little Big Horn and the defeat of General Custer. Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 28.
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Saskatchewan Native Theatre Sets Graduates on Career Path

Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lagimodiere
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 4, April 2008, p. 16
Description
Looks at four talented graduates, trained in writing, singing and acting, about to enter the film industry. Article located by scrolling to page 16.
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Scenes from the Fringe: Gendered Violence and the Geographies of Indigenous Feminism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shari M. Huhndorf
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 46, no. 3, Spring, 2021, pp. 561-587
Description
Reviews three Indigenous visual artistic projects, created in response to the arrest of serial murderer Robert Pickton, and their representations of Indigenous women's historical mistreatment.
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Screen Memories: Resignifying the Traditional in Indigenous Media

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Faye D. Ginsburg
Description
Discusses how the Inuit in Canada and Aboriginals in Australia have used television, video and film as vehicles to create programs and features relevant to their communities. Chapter from Media Worlds: Anthropology on New Terrain edited by Faye Ginsburg, Lila Abu-Lughod and Brian Larkin
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Seeing with a Native Eye: A Hopi Film on Hopi

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathleen M. Sands
Allison Sekaquaptewa Lewis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, Autumn, 1990, pp. 387-396
Description
Film criticism essay which examines the first film of the Hopi filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Hopiit (1981). Authors discuss the Indigenous perspective in the film and the effect that it has on how the film is viewed.
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Sending a Voice: Native Americans in the Movies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel A. Brown
Whispering Wind, vol. 40, no. 6, Issue 280, March-April 2012, pp. 17-[21]
Description
Reviews twelve well known movies about Native Americans from 1964 to 1998.
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The Sense of a Better Ending: Legal Pluralism and Performative Jurisprudence in Atanarjuat the Fast Runner

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian J. Macrae
Samantha Mackinnon
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Fall, 2017, pp. 547-570
Description
Author examines Igloolik Isuma's film as a formal and deliberate illustration of Inuit legal culture, legal practitioners, and legal principles; argues that Isuma places these elements of the Inuit legal system in conversation with the systems of contemporary justice in Canada.
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Short Film Study 110: Journey of the Healer

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
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Short Film Study: 120-130: Journey of the Healer

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
NWT Literacy Council
Description
Teacher's guide to accompany the short film dealing with traditional healing and spirituality. The film is written, produced and based on a comic book by Steven Keewatin Sanderson. Includes comprehension questions, writing activities, and research activities.
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The Sniffing Bear

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Co Hoedeman
Description
Animated tale which focuses on issues of addiction. This film deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised. Accompanying material: The Sniffing Bear: [Study Guide]. Duration: 7:47.
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Spectacles and Specters of Indigenous Peoples in How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine D. Johnston
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 99-112
Description
Author discusses the devices used and the layers of meaning contained within the 1971 film, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman. Stresses a reading of the film as an allegory resistance to colonial and imperialist influence.
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