Masks

Presents archival material, essays and images centred around themes of totems, residential schools, mentors, community, migration and modernism.

Looks at the materials needed for mask making and comments on mask sales. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.

Display and description of Alaskan Yup'ik ceremonial items and ancing masks prepared by a team of Yup'ik and others.

Letters, Arts, and Sciences Thesis (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1933.

Director of the Bill Holm Centre for the Study of Northwest Coast Art speaks about the works of Holm and Charles Edenshaw, and the problems associated with attribution and authenticity. Duration: 31:20.

Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:09:58.

Analyzes art displayed in a sample of households from five areas in the region.

Teachers' guide developed in conjunction with exhibition mounted to dispel the misrepresentations of cultural beliefs created by Stephanie Myer's Twilight books.

Artist uses running shoes to construct masks resembling traditional masks of Northwest Coast peoples.

Discussion of the artist's works dealing with identity, gender politics and cultural studies.

Review covering Jungen's major ten-year retrospective exhibition of works produced from 1993 to 2005.

Article uses archaeological, ethnographic, and oral history accounts to examine several masks and fragments recently recovered from the Nunalleq archeological site. Findings demonstrate strong pre-contact traditions of ceremonial mask making that continued post contact.

Presents works by Troy Roberts including ceremonial masks, totem poles, paddles, talking sticks, plaques and headdresses, as well as brief biography

Book review of: Chiefly Feasts: The Enduring Kwakiutl Potlach edited by Aldona Jonaitis.

Five panelists discuss their artistic practice and how their culture influences their work. Duration: 1:31:47.

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

Looks at the history, artistic and cultural value of Alutiiq masks, and discusses some of the challenges for future masters to carry Alutiiq traditions forward.

Comments on the many interactive cultural activities to be held around the country including Saskatchewan. Article found by scrolling to page 14 and 15.

Forms part of Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, v.9 (p. 123-176).

Commercial site of the Tlingit artist. Includes links to the artist's statement, information selected pieces, exhibitions, bibliography of locations of artworks as well as items for sale.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 1989.

Book review 2 books: Down From the Shimmering Sky by Peter Macnair, Robert Joseph, and Bruce Grenville. Native Visions by Steven C. Brown. Scroll down to page 111 to read review.

Archaeology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Exhibition reviews of: The Human Face, March 20 to November 13, 1994. Matisse: The Inuit Face, April 24 to June 19, 1994. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 31.

Uses Art Thompson's work as a case study for the influence of archival photographs and illustrations

Commercial gallery presenting images of Inuit, First Nation and Native American artworks.

Discusses the artist's use of Hopi-Tewa imagery combined with techniques from the Western tradition of painting.

Argues that the transformation of a consumer good into Northwest Coast style masks is a commentary on both the exploitation of sweatshop workers and the commodification of First Nations' symbols.

Discusses the work of artists who express Aboriginal identity in unconventional ways.

Exhibition review from the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 1996. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.

Highlights the carving and design work of the native of Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including grave goods from a burial mound and ancient West Indian arrowheads.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian. Issue includes articles on cold weather clothing, Mexican masks and more.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including one on a shrine to Mother Corn.

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.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Numerous articles on various topics including the hunting groups of River Desert, Quebec and the cultivation of henequen in San Pablo.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles in this issue look at ancient disease in the American southwest, False Face masks, funerary dolls and other topics.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles on various topics including Pueblo pottery, Iroquois cornhusk masks and tropical forest featherwork.

Quarterly magazine published by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation. Articles on various topics including catlinite pipes and buffalo medicine bundles.

Introduction to the articles in this specially themed issue.

Book review of: Lelooska: The Life of a Northwest Coast Artist by Chris Friday. To access this review, scroll to page 121.

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.

Describes the Cree dance Wihtikokansimoowin also known as the Wintigo-like dance.

Presents 19th century facemasks and regalia for ceremony and performance used by the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian peoples of the Pacific Northwest.