Galleries, Museums & Exhibitions

Highlights the exhibit Land, Spirit, Power which featured works by such artists as Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun and Rebecca Belmore.

Describes multilingual signage.

Brief review of three exhibits featuring works by Aboriginal artists who use new media in their artistic works.

Hollywood version of Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi Indians who walked out of the northern California bush in 1911. Duration: 1:31:00. Documentary version available.

Looks at an artistic work that uses performance, sculpture, installation and video.

Presents various galleries, poetry, and a biography of the artist.

Alfred Young Man speaks about his art, education, life experiences and artistic influences.

Artist's website features his bio, video, interdisciplinary work and retrospective work from 1984- 2006.

Excerpt from 75 Years of Collecting, published by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Contains brief biography of the artist, list of his works, exhibition history, and archival history.

Book review of Ledger Narratives edited by Colin Calloway. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 103.

Describes the origins of a 132 piece collection of Inuit sculptures and prints donated to the Ontario Art Gallery in Hamilton.

Written to accompany the virtual exhibit Bob Boyer: His Life's Work.

Review of an exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, which featured more than 150 and 50 ceramic objects created by 28 Native American women.

Published in association with the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

Review of the Leonora Carrington: The Mexican Years, 1943-1985 exhibit organized by Holly Barnet-Sanchez, essay by Whitney Chadwick, interview by Paul de Angelis, chronology by Salomon Grimberg. The Exhibition was in the Mexico Museum of San Francisco, December 11, 1991 to March 8, 1992.

Review of the exhibit Remembering Our Indian School Days: The Boarding School Experience mounted at the Heard Museum in Phoenix.

Interactive, multimedia exhibit providing virtual journeys of the Northwest Territories' traditional trails. Accompanying study guide.

Focuses on the American Indian series, produced between 1979 and 1981.

Anthropology and Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1993.

Comments on the few works by Inuit artists included in the over 550 ArtCOP21 events worldwide. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 20.

Describes a multi-media museum exhibit that includes photography as well as undergarments hanging from the ceiling.

A discussion of how the artist and his supporters continue to identify him as Cherokee, despite his own admission of not being a member of the Cherokee Nation.

Review of Exhibit opened on May 20, 1995 at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA. which is educational, evocative, and culturally sensitive without being romantic. This was achieved by collaborating with Native American consultants and asking for submissions of poetry, essays, artwork, or photographs that reflect the submittor's worldview.

Looks at the works of several contemporary artists working in various mediums.

Book review of: Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska edited by Aron L. Crowell.

Book reviews of two books: The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks by Ann Fienup-Riordan. A Legacy of Arctic Art by Dorothy Jean Ray.

Website provides links to introduction to Potlatch, people, lands, history, language, educational resources, and a virtual tour.

Site explores “traditions and histories of sporting events and games of yesterday and today.” Featured are 2002 North American Indigenous Games, the “Sacred Run,” lacrosse, canoe, kayak, Métis, Inuit and Woodland games and sports, archery, and Coast Salish canoe racing. Includes link to teacher resources.

Virtual museum focuses on history of Southwestern Ontario, Lawson Prehistoric Indian Village, includes links to publications and other services.

Discusses the use of American Indian imagery in sport.

Presents an interactive exhibit to learn about the people, where they live, and view objects that express their culture.

Examines the history and culture of the Heiltsuk people through a collection of their art gathered by Reverend Dr. R. W. Large at the turn of the 20th century.

Curator of the exhibition responds to criticism about the way items were displayed. For example, a carving of a kayak beside the actual object. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.

Book review of: Looking North edited by Aldona Jonaitis. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to page 47.

Women's Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Fine Arts Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1997.

Analyzes the sociopolitical implications of disinterring bodies in order to put them on display, and discusses the responses of various writers to such issues. The article includes a comparison of display cases in museums, that house Native American bones, to that of zoos.

Comments on an exhibit showcasing four Native American women artists. Chapter from Reservation X: The Power of Place in Aboriginal Contemporary Art edited by Gerald McMaster.

Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec, November 14, 1996 to September 28, 1997.

Exhibition mounted at the Canadian Museum of Civilization from October 17, 1996-May 19, 1997 focuses on excavated Dorset artworks, amulets and objects carved mainly from antler and ivory.

Review of the art exhibition: Lost Visions, Forgotten Dreams curated by Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland and held at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Quebec, November 1996 to September 1997 provides some insights into the Tuniit people.

Website makes accessible 570 objects, 2600 written documents, 500 black and white photographs and 8 sound recordings from the Shotridge collection featuring southeastern Alaskan Native history and culture.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1995.

Investigates the relationship between established Canadian art institutions and female artists of colour.

Results of survey questioning the sustainability of long-term relationships between museums and Indigenous communities and best practices and structures for success.

Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".

Author describes the short film created to introduce the audience to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and their role in the production of it.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1999.

Biography of the noted curator, artist and expert on Northwest Coast art.